COOPERATION BETWEEN KAZAKHSTAN AND SMALL ANDMEDIUM WESTERN EUROPE COUNTRIES

Abstract

The article considers multilateral relations between Kazakhstan and European countries such as Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Finland. Political-diplomatic and trade-economic relations between Kazakhstan and the European Union states are being analyzed. А large flow of Western investments in the national economy is being canceled.
Over 40% of foreign investment in Kazakhstan came precisely from the states of the European Union. The European Union remains one of the main strategic partners. At the present stage, relations are based on mutual benefit, and have the character of long-term interests in the field of global regional security, economy and energy. The European Union is the main trading partner of Kazakhstan. Today, a legal framework has been established between Kazakhstan and the EU, and the necessary institutional mechanisms are in place to ensure cooperation in the technical, scientific and educational fields. International cooperation is considered as the most important instrument for the implementation of the Agreement, which fully applies to Kazakhstan.