Kazakhstan Presents Reforms at 150th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union

By Saniya Sakenova in International on 8 April 2025

ASTANA – Yerlan Koshanov, the chairman of the Mazhilis, a lower house of the Kazakh Parliament, presented the progress of political and economic reforms of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the 150th anniversary Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on April 7 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. According to the Mazhilis press service, Koshanov drew …

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