Kazakhstan delegation to visit Jordan for energy expo promotion

AMMAN — A delegation from Kazakhstan is scheduled to visit Jordan on Monday to encourage Jordanian companies to participate in Future Energy EXPO-2017, held in Astana, the Kazakh embassy said in a statement.

EXPO-2017 Commissioner and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Rapil Zhoshybayev will chair the delegation, which will hold discussions during the two-day visit with Jordanian officials, businesspeople and representatives from the private sector on participation in the expo.

“I invite Jordan companies to take an active part in the preparation and holding of EXPO-2017, as well as to present their best technological achievements and know-how,” Zhoshybayev said in the statement e-mailed to The Jordan Times. More than 100 countries and international organisations are expected to take part in EXPO-2017, which will run from June 10 to September 10, 2017.