GLOBAL PEACE AND NUCLEAR SECURITY

By Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Astana, April 2: In one month, the anniversary of the end of World War II will be marked. There are millions in the world who took part in the fighting in the middle of last century. The difference between history and modernity, though, is that, as Walter Mondale wittily said, “there would be no veterans of World War III.”                                         

VISIT OF KAZAKHSTAN'S STATE SECRETARY - MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS KANAT SAUDABAYEV TO JAPAN ADVANCED POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TIES

Tokyo, March 25: Secretary of State – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev visited Tokyo on March 23-25 for top-level meetings with Japanese officials focused on promoting political dialogue and expanding partnership in peaceful nuclear energy development.

KAZAKHSTAN OPENS ITS HONORARY CONSULATE IN HOKKAIDO

Sapporo, March 6: On March 5, 2010 an Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Sapporo, Hokkaido was opened. The opening ceremony of the second Honorary consulate of Kazakhstan in Japan was attended by His Excellency the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Japan, Mr. Akylbek A. Kamaldinov, and official representatives of Hokkaido.

STATE SECRETARY – FOREIGN MINISTER KANAT SAUDABAYEV SPEAKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENEVA

Astana, March 5: Kazakhstan's Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev told the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Navi Pillay that Kazakhstan is committed to promoting further democracy and human rights both domestically and internationally.

FROM CUSTOMS UNION TO ECONOMIC ONE

By First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurtay Abykayev

Astana, March 4: The beginning of the new year and new decade was marked by the event, which gave start to the formation of a new configuration of economic and political environment as the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as other integration associations. Since January 1, 2010, the Custom Union of three countries - Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia has entered into the phase of real functioning.

KAZAKHSTAN AND JAPAN SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO COOPERATE IN THE PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR POWER

Tokyo, March 2: The agreement between the Government of Kazakhstan and the Government of Japan for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy was signed by the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Japan Akylbek Kamaldinov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Katsuya Okada.

KAZAKHSTAN'S STATE SECRETARY - MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS KANAT SAUDABAYEV VISITS CHINA

Bejing, February 23: Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State – Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev today met his Chinese counterpart Yang Jeichi in Beijing, as they pledged to work harder to build on the agreements reached by the two heads of state.

$1 BILLION TO DIVERSIFY KAZAKH ECONOMY

Astana, February 22: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) is supporting the Kazakh government’s economic diversification programme by investing up to around $1 billion in projects to be identified in collaboration with the Kazakh Ministry of Industry & Trade and the Kazakh National Wealth Fund ‘Samruk-Kazyna’.

THE OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE, KAZAKHSTAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTER, KANAT SAUDABAYEV’S VISIT TO THE USA: AN OSCE SUMMIT AND REHABILITATION OF AFGHANISTAN HIGH ON AGENDA

Washington, February 4: In his speech at the US Congress Kanat Saudabayev presented the fundamental approaches of Astana for the chairmanship of the OSCE, stressing the desire to strengthen the organization's firm commitment to its fundamental principles and values.

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV

TO THE PEOPLE OF KAZAKHSTAN

A New Decade, a New Economic Growth,

and New Opportunities for Kazakhstan

                                           Astana, January 29 

KAZAKHSTAN STRESSES HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN AFGHAN REHABILITATION

London, January 28: Kazakhstan will play an active role in furthering OSCE initiatives to strengthen Afghanistan’s borders, develop cooperation and enhance law enforcement activities, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, at the international London Conference on Afghanistan today.

KAZAKHSTAN CONSOLIDATES ROLE AS WORLD’S LARGEST EXPORTER OF WHEAT FLOUR

Astana, January 25: Kazakhstan has been the world’s largest exporter of flour for the third consecutive year, with its share in the world market growing to 18 percent in 2009.

FOREIGN MINISTER KANAT SAUDABAYEV SPECIFIES CHAIRMANSHIP PRIORITIES  

Vienna, January 14: OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, speaking to the ambassadors from 56 participating States of the OSCE after the video address from the President, specified Kazakhstan’s priorities for its Chairmanship.

PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN

NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV

CALLS FOR OSCE SUMMIT

Address by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to the OSCE Permanent Council

Vienna, January 14: In an unprecedented video address to the OSCE Permanent Council delivered in Vienna on January 14, President Nursultan Nazarbayev outlined his vision for Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship agenda and called for a summit of this unique organization facing a decisive moment in its history.

KAZAKHSTAN GETS CLOSER TO EUROPE,

ONE MAGAZINE AT A TIME

 January 12: “Kazakhstan, Europe’s future?” That is the question journalists of the French magazine L’Essentiel des Relations Internationales ask in their January-February issue dedicated to Kazakhstan’s chairmanship in the OSCE. As one reads through the issue, one might as well conclude that the future is now.

KAZAKHSTAN ASSUMES OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP,

WILL LAY OUT AGENDA NEXT WEEK

Astana, January 5: On January 1, 2010 Kazakhstan became the twentieth state chairing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe since the establishment of the Chairman-in-Office position in 1991.

WITH ECONOMY STABILIZED, OSCE AND CUSTOMS UNION LOOM FOR 2010

Astana, December 29: President Nursultan Nazarbayev last week held a final press conference of the year stressing that its most important result was Kazakhstan’s ability to avert recession.

KAZAKHSTAN AT HELM OF OSCE

INTERVIEW WITH KANAT SAUDABAYEV,

SECRETARY OF STATE  – MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

New Europe - December 14, 2009

KAZAKHSTAN OPENS HONORARY CONSULATE

OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN IN OSAKA

Osaka, December 4: Kazakhstan has opened an Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Osaka, Kansai region. The opening ceremony for the new consulate was attended by His Excellency the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Japan, Mr. Akylbek A. Kamaldinov, and government representatives from Kazakhstan and Japan.

CONVENTION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AND JAPAN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WILL APPLY FROM JANUARY 1, 2010

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on November 30, 2009 signed the Law "On ratification of the Convention between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Japan for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income".

OSCE MEMBER STATES AGREE TO CONSIDER A SUMMIT DURING KAZAKHSTAN’S CHAIRMANSHIP IN 2010

Athens, December 2: At the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens yesterday, OSCE member States expressed their willingness to consider an OSCE summit next year during Kazakhstan’s chairmanship in the organization at the 17th Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE in Athens on December 1-2, 2009.

KAZAKHSTAN TO SPEND $50 MILLION EDUCATING AFGHANS

Astana, November 24: Kazakhstan will spend 50 million dollars over the next five years to educate 1,000 Afghans under an agreement between the two countries signed on November 22 in Kabul. Kanat Saudabayev, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs visited Afghanistan to sign the agreement with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Spanta. Mr Saudabayev also met President Hamid Karzai and the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Kai Eide.

MAJOR RED CROSS FORUM IN ASTANA

Astana, November 10: Yesterday, an international Forum dedicated to humanitarian norms and current global challenges opened in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The Forum is organized by the Regional Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Central Asia (ICRC) in cooperation with the Eurasian National University (named after historian and ethnologist Lev Gumilev).

UN GA FIRST COMMITTEE ADOPTS RESOLUTION

PROCLAIMING AUGUST 29 INTERNATIONAL DAY

AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS

Astana, November 1: On October 30, 2009, the First Committee of the UN General Assembly (which oversees disarmament and security issues) approved a resolution put forward by Kazakhstan proclaiming August 29 ‘International Day against Nuclear Tests.’

KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO OSCE STANDARDS,

SENATE SPEAKER SAYS

Astana, October 30: Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, Speaker of Kazakhstan's Senate, shared his views on Astana's commitments to agreements within the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe during his meeting with a group of ambassadors to the OSCE from several countries.

KAZAKHSTAN AND JAPAN STRENGTHEN THEIR ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Astana, October 22: The 10th Joint Session of the Kazakhstan-Japan and Japan-Kazakhstan Committees for Economic Cooperation was held in Astana on October 22, 2009.

SPEECH BY SECRETARY OF STATE - MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN, MR. KANAT SAUDABAYEV AT THE PREPARATORY CONFERENCE TO THE XV SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE OF KAZAKHSTAN

Astana, October 20, 2009

KAZAKHSTAN’S PRESIDENT URGES “INNOVATIVE REVOLUTION”

Astana, October 15: President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated the Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi (one of the greatest scientists and philosophers of the Islamic world) on its 75th anniversary and delivered a lecture to students and professors.

KAZAKHSTAN JOINS CLUB OF COUNTRIES WITH HIGH HDI

Astana, October 14: Kazakhstan has joined the club of countries with a High Human Development Index (HDI) says a report published by the United Nations Development Programme on October 5th.With an HDI of 0,804, Kazakhstan is placed 82nd out of the 182 countries ranked. Kazakhstan’s HDI grew steadily during the last 14 years at an average of 0.2% per annum.                                       

KAZAKHSTAN: RECORD GRAIN HARVEST

Astana, October 13:  Kazakhstan has reported a record grain harvest this year. 22 million tons were collected – making 2009 the second best harvest in the last five years (in 2007, 22.3 million tons of grain were collected). This year also saw the planted area under grain crops in Kazakhstan increase to 17.2 million hectares (14.7 million hectares under wheat) - 1 million hectares more than last year.              

KAZAKHSTAN ANNOUNCES ESTIMATED OIL PRODUCTION OUTPUT FOR 2009

Astana, October 7: This year Kazakhstan expects oil production output to increase by five million tons against 2008. The announcement was made by the country’s Vice Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources Lyazzat Kiinov at the opening of the KIOGE-2009 International Oil & Gas Exhibition in Almaty.

KAZAKHSTAN'S RICH TOURISM POTENTIAL TO BE DEVELOPED

Astana, October 6: President Nursultan Nazarbayev touted Kazakhstan’s potential as a tourist destination in a speech at the opening ceremony yesterday (Oct. 5) of the 18th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Astana.

KAZAKHSTAN, AZERBAIJAN SIGN ACCORDS THAT WILL IMPACT ON EUROPE

Astana, October 5:  President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met in Baku on October 2 and agreed to expand bilateral relations in ways that may have an important impact on European and world energy supplies.

KAZAKHSTAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE - MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 64TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

New York, September 25: Secretary of State – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev made a statement at the general debate of the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

KAZAKHSTAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE - MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT THE CONFERENCE ON FACILITATING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE  NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

New York, September 24: Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev made a statement at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (Article XIV).

IV EURASIAN ENERGY FORUM OPENS IN ASTANA

Astana, September 24: At the opening of the IV Eurasian Energy Forum in Astana today, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov highlighted the successes of Kazakhstan in the oil and gas sector and emphasized that Kazakhstan had proved itself a reliable supplier of hydrocarbons to global markets.

KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT CALLS FOR A FAIR & DEMOCRATIC WORLD CURRENCY

Astana, September 23: In a communiqué titled ‘The Audacity of Responsibility’ released today President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev outlines his vision for a fair and more democratic world currency. The President’s blueprint is aimed squarely at the participants of this week’s G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.

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