ASTANA (KazInform) — Kazakhstan will file a bid to host the 2023 World Petroleum Congress. The initiative was unanimously backed at the 23^rd meeting of KAZENERGY Association, the press service of Atameken National Entrepreneurs Chamber says.

In case if Kazakhstan is chosen as the Congress host country, the event will be held in the EXPO territory.

In 2018 Kazakhstan hosted the session of the World Petroleum Council which brought together more than 800 delegates from 51 countries.

Speaking on the advantages of applying the bid, Executive Director of the Association Talgat Karashev said that Astana has a well-developed network of communications and infrastructure, convenient logistics, pavilions and accommodation. For him, the principal advantage of Kazakhstan is its vast experience of hosting large international events. The members of the Association unanimously backed the initiative.