Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Presidents of Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan meet to consolidate economic partnership for stable Central Asia

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Presidents of Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan meet to consolidate economic partnership for stable Central Asia

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev consolidated the rapidly expanding Kazakh-Uzbek partnership during the second meeting of the Supreme Interstate Council in Tashkent on November 15 eyeing to stable and prosperous Central Asia. The two Presidents identified new priorities for deepening cooperation across trade, industry, transport, water and energy management, digital development, … Read more

Central Asia’s biggest state continues to push political reforms

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Central Asia’s biggest state continues to push political reforms

Kazakhstan is continuing to advance large-scale political and socioeconomic transformations. The country’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev underscored the historic significance and complexity of Kazakhstan’s upcoming parliamentary reform during the first meeting of the working group on parliamentary reform held on October 14. “Parliamentary reform is an exceptionally important and challenging task facing our country. It directly … Read more

Kazakhstan President proposes crypto reserve fund

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Kazakhstan President proposes crypto reserve fund

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has proposed measures to optimize the use of the National Fund and accelerate the development of a digital asset ecosystem during his annual state-of-the-nation address on Monday Tokayev also urged the government to review tax incentives for investors, stressing that preferences should be granted selectively and reserved for projects that are … Read more

Kazakhstan positions itself as reform-oriented investment destination with focus on mining & logistics

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Kazakhstan positions itself as reform-oriented investment destination with focus on mining & logistics

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reiterated Kazakhstan’s commitment to being a reliable and reform-oriented investment destination, while emphasizing growing opportunities across strategic economic sectors and ongoing efforts to build a future-ready, digitally driven, and sustainable economy during the 37th plenary session of the Foreign Investors’ Council on June 24. Tokayev opened the session by acknowledging the complex … Read more

Terrorists planned to capture entire Kazakhstan: President Tokayev

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Terrorists planned to capture entire Kazakhstan: President Tokayev

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has claimed that the terrorists had planned to attack the country’s capital Nur sultan and if Almaty fell to the militants first Southern Kazakhstan and then whole part of the country would have been under their control. Addressing the CSTO summit on Monday President Tokayev said, “All the events since the … Read more

Organised armed groups provoked from abroad tried to disrupt integrity of Kazakhstan: Russia

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Organised armed groups provoked from abroad tried to disrupt integrity of Kazakhstan: Russia

Russia on Friday stated that it was closely monitoring situation in neighbouring strategic partner Kazakhstan and described the situation as “an externally provoked attempts to disrupt the security and integrity of the state, including by using the trained and organized armed groups.” “From the very beginning Moscow was closely monitoring the rapidly deteriorating internal political … Read more

Kazakhstan takes cue from India & decentralizes power till district level

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Kazakhstan takes cue from India & decentralizes power till district level

Central Asia’s biggest country Kazakhstan, has taken a cue from its South Asian partner India, and has initiated a process to decentralize its power structure through direct elections of representatives at the district level. This was decided last week by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev when he signed a number of laws. They include the … Read more

Central Asia’s biggest state Kazakhstan assures to protect freedom of expression

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Central Asia’s biggest state Kazakhstan assures to protect freedom of expression

Freedom of expression is a constitutional right of every citizen, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at a virtual meeting with the country’s Prosecutor General office, reported the Akorda press service. This can be viewed as a major step towards democratisation in Central Asia. Since last year, Kazakhstan has had a fundamentally new law on peaceful … Read more

Kazakhstan to strive for multi-party system: President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

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Kazakhstan to strive for multi-party system: President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

NEW DELHI: Central Asia’s biggest state and India’s key partner in the region Kazakhstan is striving to create a multi-party state and preserve its inclusive character, according to its President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “Kazakhstan must create a multiparty system to build a modern, effective state and the ruling Nur Otan party should collaborate more with other … Read more