OREANDA-NEWS. June 13, 2014. First Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies Albert Rau has met with representatives of German company "VOLKSWAGEN AG" in an international mining and smelting congress in Astana.

During the talks, the parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation.

"I would say that, to my regret, there have been more than two years after the signing of an intergovernmental agreement (on cooperation), but we still do not see any activity of German companies," A. Rau said.

However, he stressed that Kazakhstan is ready to actively cooperate with German companies, in particular with "VOLKSWAGEN AG".

"We are ready to provide subsoil and develop long-term delivery contracts," A. Rau said.