In his annual state-of-the-nation address to the People of Kazakhstan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke of the challenges facing the Central Asian republic: “One of the difficult periods in the development of our country… is coming to an end,” he said. “But the global crisis damaging the world economy still remains…Thanks to our complete readiness, its consequences have not had much impact on our country.”

ASTANA. January 28. "Fate and Prospects of the OSCE" is the title of the article published in Russia's Izvestia newspaper and on the website of INTERFAX-Russia agency. The author of the article is President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. Here is the full text of the article.

On January 15, 2010, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev met IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna.

Kazakhstan took over the Chairmanship of the OSCE today and reaffirmed its commitment to uphold the fundamental principles and values of the Organization, to proceed according to the interests of all participating States and to strengthen the role of the OSCE as a significant platform for dialogue contributing to security in the wider Eurasian space.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Rupublic of Kazakhstan categorically repudiates certain news media reports alleging Kazakhstan’s connection to a possible deal to supply uranium to Iran and considers them groundless insinuations damaging the reputation of our country.