Kazakhstan interested in Skolkovo Innovation Center

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RUSSIA – Moscow. On November 12th 2012, Mr. Serik Akhmetov, Kazakh Prime Minister, headed a delegation from Kazakhstan in Moscow and visited the Skolkovo Innovation Center to get information about it, the projects and the Skolkovo Technopark.

In the press conference, held after the visit of Mr Akhmetov, the President of Skolkovo Foundation, Mr. Viktor Vekselber, focused the attention on Russia and Kazakhstan cooperation and on the mutual interest in the development of innovative projects. He noted that Kazakhstan could be an important partner in energy, gas and oil fields development through advanced technologies for its experience and knowledge.

The aim of Skolkovo Innovation Centre is to attract intellectual capital and companies to develop projects in the information, biomedical, energy, nuclear and space technologies fields.