Kazakhstan
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Society
Kazakhstan Prime Minister launches ecological campaign
Nur-Sultan: Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin has launched ‘Together – Clean Kazakhstan’ ecological campaign. More than 1,200 people including members of the cabinet, representatives of government and public organizations, diplomats, local authorities and students participated in cleaning the Koyandy Water Reservoir, KAZINFORM reported. In a welcoming speech, the Prime…
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East Asia
Kindergartens in Kazakhstan
There are many similarities between kindergartens in Kazakhstan and in South Korea. When I was young, I attended kindergarten from 2 to 7 years old, while today children start at 3 and finish at 6 years old. In Astana, there are 336 pre-school organizations, 98 public and 188 private. Since…
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Central Asia
Visit of Mirziyoyev to Kazakhstan may bring big changes to the region
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has started his two-day state visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, on March 22. Generally, there is nothing unusual: newly elected president of a country is paying a visit to a neighboring state. However, if to…
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Central Asia
Syria peace talks in Astana : A new period starts
In summer, 2016 Kazakhstan competently mediated in ending political crisis related to Turkey’s downing of Russian warplane. The diplomatic efforts, intuitively made by Astana to reconcile Russia and Turkey, were made for avoiding the undesirable repercussions of the diplomatic strains between major strategic partners of Kazakhstan. Few people knew that…
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Central Asia
Central Asia: 25 Years without Miracle
From September till December 2016 all five Central Asian countries- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – have lived in the special historical atmosphere: one after another they have celebrated 25th anniversary of independence. A quarter of century passed since they gained independence after the collapse of the former Soviet…
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Central Asia
Syria talks to start in Kazakhstan’s capital on January 23
Talks between the Syrian Government and opposition groups will begin in Astana, Kazakhstan, on January 23, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on January 4. He also said that Russian experts are expected to arrive in Turkey on January 9-10 to discuss the forthcoming Syrian negotiations in the capital of…
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Central Asia
Turkey eyes trilateral format with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Turkey is working to create an Azerbaijan-Turkey-Kazakhstan trilateral format, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. According to the minister, trilateral formats created by Turkey in the Caucasus and Balkan regions operate very efficiently, TRT Haber news channel reports. There are currently a number of trilateral formats, such as Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey,…
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Central Asia
Rouhani and Nazarbayev sign 5 co-op documents
Iranian and Kazakh officials signed five memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on the sidelines of a meeting between the visiting Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana. The signed documents include MOU for animal quarantine, a document for cooperation in the field of shipping in the…
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Central Asia
Two main gas pipelines connected in Kazakhstan
Kazakh national gas transportation operator KazTransGas built a booster compressor station at the connection TIP-02 between the main gas pipeline “Bukhara gas-bearing region-Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty” and “Kazakhstan-China”, the company said in a message Nov. 29, Trend reports. The new booster compressor station located in Zhambyl region will allow to have gas pumping…
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Central Asia
Kazakhstan wants to rename the Capital after President
Kazakh legislators proposed renaming the country’s capital after President Nursultan Nazarbayev in honor of his contributions as head of state for the past 25 years. Report informs citing TASS, a group of MPs has made a relevant draft law. The draft on the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence, also, proposes…
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