Works to create the common customs territory with a population of 168 million people have been virtually completed: Minister for Economic Development and Trade Kairat Kelimbetov.
Likani recreational complex, including a Soviet-era sanatorium, was purchased, in April 2006, by the Kazakh state-owned energy company KazMunay Service which promised to develop the area into an international tourism center.
The new cargo route will strengthen Etihad Airways’ position in the Kazakhstan’s market, complementing the three weekly passenger flights between Abu Dhabi and Almaty.