FM Abdrakhmanov briefs OSCE ministerial meeting on Kazakh security positions, plans
ASTANA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov during the July 11 Ministerial Meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna expressed support for Austria’s OSCE chairpersonship as well as a common Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security vision and briefed participants on Kazakhstan’s plans for its 2017-2018 United Nations Security Council membership…
Berlin Eurasia Club anniversary meeting highlights energy, economic cooperation
ASTANA – “Kazakhstan and Germany – 25 Years of Partnership: Cooperation in Energy, Technology and Raw Materials” was the topic of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Berlin Eurasian Club (BEC), held in Astana July 10. Executive Secretary of the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports Kuatzhan Ualiyev opened the meeting which took place at…
Kazakh MFA, Chief Editors’ Club announce foreign media contest winners
ASTANA – The Kazakh Foreign Ministry and Kazakhstan’s Chief Editors Club announced July 10 the winners of the Fourth International “Kazakhstan Through the Eyes of Foreign Media” contest. Authors from Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Israel and South Korea won from each of their respective geographical regions and will make a week-long trip to Kazakhstan in August…
Kazakh presidential envoy tours Middle East, holds political consultations
ASTANA – The Kazakh President’s Special Envoy on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Deputy Foreign Minister Akylbek Kamaldinov visited Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine July 4-8, where he held high-level meetings and first-in-history political consultations. The sides discussed the upcoming Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on science and technology, EXPO 2017, the Astana…
President thanks scientists, forest rangers for creating Astana as ‘Green Belt’
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently thanked Kazakh scientists and forest rangers for creating the man-made forest belt that surrounds the city. “I would like to thank the scientists and forest rangers for their work. It is not so easy to grow trees in this area. Now we have a big forest here that…
Duke of Gloucester unveils British pavilion at EXPO 2017
ASTANA – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester officially opened June 26 the British national pavilion at EXPO 2017 as part of the National Day of Great Britain in Kazakhstan. British national day celebrations included a ballet, musical performances and a reading session. The national day was opened with the raising of the national flags and…
Book on Kazakh President’s peacemaking initiatives presented in Astana
ASTANA – Prominent Kazakh diplomat Nurlan Onzhanov presented his book “Peacemaker: The Syrian Knot” during a June 29 international conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s diplomatic service. Foreign diplomats, political scientists, experts and journalists attended. Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov told the gathering the book is devoted to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s efforts to…
Finnish President unveils national pavilion at EXPO 2017 in Astana
ASTANA – President of Finland Sauli Niinistö visited Astana June 20 for meeting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and to jointly opening Finland’s pavilion at EXPO 2017. The opening ceremony coincided with the celebration of Finland’s national day at the expo and the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence. The two heads of state visited the exhibits…
Kazakhstan’s economy grows 4.1% in five months, economy minister says
ASTANA – Kazakh GDP grew 4.1 percent in January-May compared to the same period in 2016, said Minister of National Economy Timur Suleimenov during a June 13 government meeting. Over the same period, inflation was 3.3 percent. Inflation in annual terms dropped to 7.5 percent compared to 16.7 percent in May 2016. Monthly inflation in…
New Kazakh-Russian manned rocket to be launched earlier than scheduled
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to accelerate implementing the Baiterek project and reschedule the new manned rocket’s launch from 2025 to 2022. The announcement was made June 13 at the fifth session of the Kazakh-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for the Baikonur complex. Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Askar Mamin and Russian Deputy Prime Minister…
LEU Bank in Kazakhstan in focus at Oslo nuclear security conference
ASTANA – Low Enriched Uranium Bank (LEU Bank), being established in Kazakhstan under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was a primary topic at the June 8-10 high-level nuclear security and nonproliferation conference in Oslo, Norway. “This will serve as a last-resort mechanism to provide confidence to countries that they will be…
Nazarbayev attends ALZHIR memorial site, Almaty unveils monument to famine victims
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev took part May 31 in a wreath-laying ceremony at the ALZHIR memorial complex of victims of political repressions and totalitarianism. The same day, a monument to the 1931-1933 famine victims was unveiled in Almaty. The wreath-laying ceremony was attended by relatives and friends of victims of political repressions and…
LOT Polish Airlines launches direct Warsaw-Astana flight
ASTANA – LOT Polish Airlines conducted its first flight from Warsaw to Astana, Poland’s first ever air link to Kazakhstan, and held a flight presentation ceremony May 30 in Astana. LOT’s Boeing 737-800 NG will operate four weekly return services. The first flight from Warsaw to Astana took off at 10:50 pm, and after five…
Nazarbayev awards NU grads, meets with educational organisation’s Supreme Board of Trustees
ASTANA – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev awarded diplomas May 27 to the graduates of Nazarbayev University (NU). The commencement was followed by a meeting of the NU Supreme Board of Trustees, Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools and Nazarbayev Foundation to discuss the autonomous educational organisations’ development prospects. Despite the pouring rain, the first part of the ceremony…
Kazakhstan declared foot-and-mouth-disease free, designation to boost exports
ASTANA – The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) recognised Kazakhstan May 25 as a zone free from foot and mouth disease (FMD). This will enhance Kazakhstan’s agricultural export to the member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Prime Minister’s press service reports. First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Kairat Aituganov…
Kazakh PM inks multiple cooperation agreements with CIS, EAEU states
ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev signed economic cooperation agreements and protocols May 26 with Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) heads of government in Kazan, Russia. Sagintayev attended a regular meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government meant to enhance cooperation in transport security, geodesy and radio…
Foreign ministry sets June 25 deadline for foreign media contest submissions
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry announced May 19 the call for applications to the fourth annual International “Kazakhstan through the Eyes of Foreign Media” contest. The contest seeks to recognise authors of the best journalistic reports, stories and analytical pieces about Kazakhstan, which have been published in foreign media between Jan. 1 and June 25.…
Roaming medical trains provide care to more than 6,500 residents of remote regions
ASTANA – Approximately 6,500 residents in the Karagandy and Mangystau regions have received medical treatment from medical trains at more than 30 stations since the first train began operating April 11, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) national railway company’s press service reported May 16. The trains are staffed by medical teams formed under the Densaulyk and…
Kazakh transport, logistics and financial opportunities discussed at European Economic Congress
ASTANA – Kazakhstan presented May 10-12 its transport and logistics opportunities and discussed its potential to become a financial hub at the IX European Economic Congress in Katowice, Poland, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) press service reports. Kazakhstan’s delegation briefed the conference participants on the country’s transport infrastructure and the creation of favourable conditions for implementing…
Kazakhstan’s transport, logistics opportunities presented at Turkmenistan conference
ASTANA – Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) national railway company presented May 4-5 Kazakhstan’s transit-transport development, multimodal logistics, freight traffic and infrastructure opportunities at the Turkmenistan International Transport and Logistics Conference, KTZ press service reports. KTZ Vice President for Logistics Sanzhar Elyubayev briefed the conference on Kazakhstan’s transit-transport potential as well as the Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy,…
Kazakh officials promote nation’s business opportunities in Latin America
ASTANA – Senior Kazakh officials last week toured Latin American countries to promote Kazakhstan’s business opportunities while Mexican business representatives visited Kazakhstan to explore investment opportunities. Kazakh and Chilean government representatives discussed bilateral relations during a May 3 meeting in Santiago focusing on business and trade. Head of the Kazakh delegation Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan…
Kazakh-Uzbek ties strengthen amidst frequent presidential contacts
ASTANA – Relations between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan received another boost when the two countries’ leaders met April 29 in Saryagash, a small Kazakh town famous for its healing mineral waters located a mere 23 kilometres away from the Uzbek capital. The meeting between Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his Uzbek counterpart, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, took place…
Kazakh FM visits Middle East, invites heads of states to OIC science and technology summit
ASTANA – Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov visited Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait April 23-26 to invite their heads of state to participate in the Sept. 10-11 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Science And Technology Summit in Astana, as well as to advance bilateral relations and to discuss the efforts to put an end…
Government explains new foreign investment strategy, creation of Kazakh Invest national company
ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev and other top officials presented April 27 the outlines of the draft National Investment Attraction and Retention Strategy and the recently created Kazakh Invest national company as part of efforts to further attract foreign capital. “Today, we are ready to present our vision of the solution to the…
Kazakhstan calls for global reduction in military spending
ASTANA – Kazakhstan renewed its call for a cut in global military spending on the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) in an April 24 statement published by the country’s Foreign Ministry. The aim of the GDAMS 10-day campaign that started April 18 is to push governments to invest money in health, education, employment and…
