SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan - Both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are keen to pursue different projects with Singapore and explore business opportunities with companies, said President Halimah Yacob on Thursday.will create more economic opportunities for Singapore companies to explore, and hopefully, open
She noted that Singapore and Kazakhstan are focusing not just on business opportunities, but also on how to expand the tourism sector. As a small country, it is important that Singapore actively engages different regions of the world, to establish better understanding with other countries and support, Madam Halimah said.
Madam Halimah’s visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – the first by a Singapore head of state to Central Asia – came at the invitation of their respective presidents.