Manaus, November 20, 2025 - As part of a working visit to the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Brazil Bolat Nussupov met with the state's with the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mario Cesar. The meetings were organized at the invitation of the state government as part of Brazil's presidency of the COP30 climate change conference.

During the talks with officials of the Legislative Assembly, several trade and investment projects proposed by the Brazilian side were discussed. Particular attention was paid to mutually beneficial cooperation in agriculture and mining, as well as in forestry and ecology. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mario Cesar invited Kazakh companies to cooperate on the basis of the Manaus Special Economic Zone. Ambassador Bolat Nussupov, in turn, invited companies from the state to participate in the «Kazakhstan-Brazil» Business Council, established in 2021 on the initiative of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Brazil on the basis of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) and the Kazakhstan Industry and Export Center «QazIndustry».

The Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly supported the initiative to establish partnership relations between the state of Amazonas and one of the regions of Kazakhstan with large forest areas, and also proposed the candidacy of Mr. José Cardoso Netto, a well-known businessman in the region, as honorary consul of our country in the city of Manaus. In addition, the parties agreed to organize a business mission from the state of Amazonas to Kazakhstan with a visit to a potential partner region next year.

Regional cooperation is one of the important areas of bilateral cooperation. Currently, partnerships have been established between the Karaganda region and the state of Bahia (2022), the Almaty region and the state of Rio Grande do Sul (2024), and the East Kazakhstan region and the state of Santa Catarina (2025). The Brazilian state of Amazonas is the largest state in Brazil in terms of area, occupying more than 18% of the country's territory. The state has a well-developed mining industry, livestock farming, agriculture, forestry, and fishing.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa-brazil/press/news/details/1110417?lang=kk