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KAZAKHSTAN MOU
Dr Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor of the
Astana International Financial Centre,
left, and Michael Ryan, Chief Exec-
utive Officer of the QFC Regulatory
Authority, signing the MoU

Kazakhstan MoU

The Regulatory Authority signed an MoU with the Astana Inter- in October 2015.
national Financial Centre in the city of Astana, Kazakhstan on 30 Since the signing, the two organisations have shared information
August 2016.
on numerous occasions, particularly in the areas of financial sector
The signing took place during an official visit to Kazakhstan led regulation and Islamic banking, and several visits have taken place.
by His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani, Governor of
the Qatar Central Bank and Chairman of the Regulatory Authority,
with the purpose of deepening the ties between the financial sec-
tors and promoting the sharing of expertise in both countries. This
was the second MoU with a Kazakhstan entity for the Regulatory
Authority; the first was with the National Bank of Kazakhstan, signed