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Kazakhstan looks forward to continuing cooperation with the EBRD in the field of renewable energy sources, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said, Trend reports with reference to the Kazakhstan presidential press service.

Tokayev made the remark during a meeting with President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso.
During the meeting, the results of the EBRD’s activities in Kazakhstan and priorities for further cooperation were discussed.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Kazakhstan have agreed to develop a long-term cooperation strategy to achieve carbon neutrality of the country’s power sector by 2060. The accord will further cement Kazakhstan's status as a regional renewable energy leader in Central Asia.

The roadmap for the decarbonisation strategy was signed by Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy Nurlan Nogayev and by EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso on March 31st, 2021, during her first visit to Central Asia’s largest state.