Ukraine is carrying out decentralization reform aimed at regional development. Kazakhstan is also conducting reforms aimed at improving the competitiveness of its economy.

This was stated by Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Hennadii Zubko in Astana during the official visit of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"The course of reforms in our countries suggests the need for more initiatives on the ground, strengthening and improvement of regional policy," Hennadii Zubko noted.

"The development of interregional cooperation between the two countries is quite promising," says the official.

"It is important at the international level to create conditions that will facilitate interregional dialogue. We need a clear and concrete support mechanism of regional initiatives and projects that could be implemented within the framework of Ukrainian-Kazakh inter-regional cooperation," he emphasised.

According to Hennadii Zubko, our countries can focus on promoting bilateral cooperation with the use of domestic technology and partial localization of the final production in Kazakhstan.

In addition, it is possible to exploit the potential of the most advanced industrial regions of Ukraine to build cooperation with regions of Kazakhstan, which specialize in manufacturing engineering, energy, technological equipment, which require reconstruction and modernization of mining and metallurgical complex, coal industry.