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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ASTANA 000175 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB/ESC, S/P, R/PPR 
STATE PLEASE PASS TO USTDA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KZ
SUBJECT:  KAZAKHSTAN'S DELEGATION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT 
 
REF:  (A) STATE 4423 
      (B) 09 ASTANA 2157 
      (C) 09 STATE 112495 
      (D) 09 ASTANA 2099 
 
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¶1.  (U) Sensitive but unclassified.  Not for public Internet. 
 
¶2.  (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST:  See paragraph 5 for Action 
Request.  All three of Kazakhstan's approved nominees to the 
Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit have confirmed their 
participation in the Summit on April 26-27.  Post will continue to 
conduct representational and public diplomacy events to promote the 
goals of the Summit and to facilitate partnerships among business 
owners and other community leaders in support of entrepreneurship 
and economic opportunity in Kazakhstan.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) Kazakhstan's delegation to the Presidential 
Entrepreneurship Summit will include: 
 
-- Nurlan Kapparov, a 39-year old multi-millionaire who got his 
start in the oil business and now runs a successful international 
corporation with interests in the energy, tourism, and construction 
sectors.  Kapparov is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the 
Jambyl Foundation, co-founder of the Harvard Club of Central Asia 
(HCCA), and co-founder of Kazakhstan's chapter of the Young 
Presidents Organization. 
 
-- Yerzhan Mandiyev, 37, president of AziaAvto, which assembles 
Niva, Skoda, and General Motors vehicles.  Mandiyev is an active 
promoter of entrepreneurial values and represents the interests of 
domestic entrepreneurs as a member of the management board of the 
Atameken Union of Entrepreneurs and the Presidential Council of 
Entrepreneurs. 
 
-- Raimbek Batalov, 39, founder and Chairman of Raimbek Group, a 
diversified food products company established in 1992.  In 2002, 
Batalov was elected Chairman of the Board of the Forum of 
Entrepreneurs, a position he continues to hold today.  Batalov has 
also been a member of the Presidential Council of Entrepreneurs 
since 2006. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) Kapparov and Batalov have valid U.S. visas and travel to 
the United States regularly on business.  Mandiyev has visited the 
United States previously on business, but does not currently have a 
valid U.S. visa.  The Consular Section has been apprised of the 
purpose of Mandiyev's visit to the United States, and has scheduled 
an interview for him on March 3. 
 
¶5.  (SBU) ACTION REQUEST:  Yerzhan Mandiyev has asked for USG 
assistance to arrange a meeting with representatives from General 
Motors (GM), which licenses vehicles sold by AziaAvto.  According to 
Mandiyev, the Cadillac vehicles his company assembles urgently need 
a Cadillac premium part.  He informed Econ Officer on February 3 
that AziaAvto reached agreement with GM through their European 
office in Budapest to produce Cadillac vehicles.  However, as a 
result of GM's reorganization, the Budapest office no longer 
recognizes the licensing arrangement, and AziaAvto cannot renew 
orders for parts from the United States.  Mandiyev has requested a 
meeting with GM executives in Washington, D.C. or Detroit during his 
visit to the United States for the Summit.  Post would appreciate 
guidance and recommendations from EEB and the Department of Commerce 
in particular.  END ACTION REQUEST. 
 
¶6.  (SBU) On February 25, the Ambassador will host an evening 
reception for all 12 of Kazakhstan's original nominees to the 
Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (ref D).  In addition, the 
Ambassador has invited diplomats from the Middle East and Europe in 
order to highlight the connection between the Summit and the 
President's June 2009 Cairo speech.  Post will continue to host, 
facilitate, and promote public diplomacy events with entrepreneurs 
and community leaders as the date of the Summit approaches.  In 
 
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addition, Post will continue to engage with potential partners, 
companies, foundations, philanthropists, NGOs, and leaders from 
educational institutions to generate commitments and forge 
partnerships that could be profiled at the Summit in USG officials, 
remarks, fact sheets and press releases. 
 
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