Seventy-seven delegations representing all world and traditional religions from 35 countries of the world took part in the work of the Congress. The head of state expressed gratitude to the participants of the Congress who responded to the invitation and gathered together to give their blessings and pastor’s precept to people...
Today Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Akhylbek Kurishbayev met with Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben-Eliezer today In Astana, the Ministry press service reported. At the meeting the two ministers discussed the outlooks for bilateral cooperation in agriculture, namely in crop growing, cattle breeding, rational consumption of water resources and agrarian science...
Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has held bilateral meetings with chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar and Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yonah Metzger who arrived in Kazakhstan for participation in the III Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions in Astana.
Following the official meeting ceremony at the Akorda Palace, the tete-a-tete and expanded talks took place. Presidents of Kazakhstan and Israel discussed issues of cooperation in trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian fields...
On June 25th in Astana the participants of the NATO-EAPC Security Forum, held a plenary meeting where among other speakers, Minister of Foreign Affairs Marat Tazhin addressed to the audience. Commenting upon the partnership between Kazakhstan and the NATO, the Minister said: "We consider cooperation between Kazakhstan and the NATO in the context of its potential contribution to regional security.
Mazhilis (Low Chamber) of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan is planning to hold the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Modern Kazakhstan and «Path to Europe» in Astana on May, 21–22, 2009.
In the course of his visit to Washington DC (2-5 May), Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister, Marat Tazhin, had talks with James Jones, National Security Advisor to US President, Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu. In particular, the parties dwelt on Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s proposal to host an international nuclear bank.
Nowadays the priority of this work is the joining to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Participation in the MTCR has a particular urgency in light of joining Kazakhstan the number of space-faring countries, and related to the having of the unique space launch complex «Baikonur» and continuous intention to develop the national space program.
Today, Kazakhstan hosted a summit of the International Aral Sea Salvation Fund (IASSF) founding states. Presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Kurmanbek Bakiev of Kyrgyzstan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov of Turkmenistan and Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan took part.