Bolat Palymbetov: "Opportunities for cross-border cooperation should be used as much as possible"

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Small and medium-sized enterprises at the border territories have opportunities for development

At a panel session "Cooperation in the sphere of protection of the rights of entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan and Russia. Institution of Ombudsman" were presented the problems faced by business entities of the participating countries of the Eurasian Economic Union in the sphere of protection of the rights of entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan and Russia.

Kazakhstan and Russia cooperate dynamically with each other. Both sides are taking active steps to strengthen all-round cooperation.

Currently, the work is being done with all Business Ombudsmen of Russia. There are results of the joint work. Thanks to Business Ombudsmen of the Altai, Sverdlovsk regions, Stavropol area and the Republic of Tatarstan resolved the problems of Kazakhstani businessmen.

However, there are still barriers that entrepreneurs face. One of them – is an obstacle to free movement of goods crossing the state borders of the Member States of the Union. At the same time, the time of customs inspection decreased from 2 to 4 days. This was told at a round-table by entrepreneurs of Regional Chambers, located on the border regions with Russia.

"As I understand, you have claim to the work of certain customs posts. As for transport sector, at least, there were no appeals from Kazakhstani businessmen. Therefore, I propose grouped all problematic issues and to send to us, and we will begin to work at the federal level", - said at a Business Ombudsman of Volgograd region Olga Ustinova.

"We need to work together to remove all sorts of obstacles that impede the development of business in Kazakhstan and Russia. We need to maximize the opportunities of cross-border cooperation of Kazakhstan and Russia", - summed Bolat Palymbetov.

Summing up the session, the Business Ombudsman recommended to the administrative office of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan to send to the Commissioner for Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Russian Federation detailed information on issues of concern, which face entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation.