Rafael Molina Petit: «Kazakhstan is a country with many possibilities that is very attracted to the Canary Islands»

Molina Petit, as the highest representative of Kazakhstan in the Canary Islands, will be in charge of open new meeting spaces and establish personal, economic and commercial links between the two territories and has already held, in fact, the first meetings with various businessmen from the Gran Canaria Chamber of Commerce in order to analyze the possibilities of increasing relations between the Central Asian country and the Canary archipelago.

Kazakhstan, which It has immense borders with Russia and China of 7,500 and 1,500 kilometers, respectively., is the most important country in Central Asia and for Petit it is an “honor and a responsibility to hold the position of honorary consul for the Canary Islands. Kazakhstan is an immensely large and varied country that has a population that does not reach 20 million people and that stands out for its production of wheat, oil gas and a great wealth of rare earths, which are fundamental for IT and telecommunications matters. , he assured.

Likewise, he stressed the need for “Kazakhs who visit the Canary Islands to have support at the consulate”, while advancing the different work avenues that are being built: “We want to achieve a direct air connection, a circumstance that would represent a qualitative leap and quantitative for Kazakhstan and the Canary Islands. There are companies with interests in Kazakhstan that are already operating and in the spring an exploratory trade mission will be carried out, organized by the Chamber of Commerce with a group of Canarian businessmen to learn about the real possibilities of growth and expansion in the tourism field, because they are wanting to develop its tourism industry and here we have experience in that sector,” he explained in detail.

«We are very different, but that is why Kazakhstan is attracted to the Canary Islands, and I believe that the same thing can happen on the contrary, because of how different we are and that is a strength and we must take advantage of it. We are starting to carve a path and we don’t know what the future will bring. Before, distant countries seemed unattainable and now everything is closer,” Rafael Molina Petit concluded, as a reflection.

The ambassador of Kazakhstan in Spain, Aldiar Mukitanovand the new honorary consul were received by the president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, and the subdelegate of the regional executive, Teresa Mayans, in an enriching and productive first contact.