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Kazakhstan

11.04.2013

A National Investors Council has been created in Kazakhstan.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev said at the Council of Entrepreneurs meeting this week: "In 'Strategy - 2050' we denoted domestic business as the main source of domestic investments. Correspondently, I think it is important to strengthen the role and status of our Council. I decided to convert it to the National Investors Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan."

11.04.2013

Energy efficiency should become the main trend of Kazakhstan's Energy Strategy being developed by our association, the chairman of the KAZENERGY Association Timur Kulibayev said at a meeting with representatives of national companies, interested ministries and foreign experts.

"Energy efficiency is the main and primary trend in the development of the national energy strategy. The goals for 2020 should be defined clearly. Achievement of a 30 per cent reduction of energy consumption in the country by increasing energy efficiency which is an achievable figure," Kulibayev said.

11.04.2013

Kazakhstan is actively preparing for its first military parade, which will take place on May 7 on Defenders of the Fatherland Day, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan announced on Wednesday.

"An operative group of the Ministry of Defense for the preparation for the military parade left Astana for the 40th military base 'Otar'," the Ministry said.

The operative group led by the deputy chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Kazakhstan Mukan Dyusekeev includes representatives of various departments of the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan.

11.04.2013

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev received Deputy Secretary General, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, the presidential press-service reported on Thursday.

The parties discussed the key aspects of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the UN organizations in a wide range of areas.

Tokayev informed the President about the current activities of the UN Office in Geneva, and work aimed at conclusion of multilateral agreements in the field of arms control and disarmament.

09.04.2013

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will hold a meeting of the Council of Entrepreneurs in Astana next Wednesday, spokesman for the central communication service Altai Abibullayev said at a press briefing on Monday.

"According to the presidential press service, President Nazarbayev will hold a meeting of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the president in Astana on April 10," Abibullayev said.

09.04.2013

Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov has instructed akims (governors) of the country's regions to monitor the use of each hectare of agricultural land.

"I instruct the Ministry of Regional Development to continue the inventory and the regional akims to take steps for the usage of each hectare of unused agricultural land and to continue work on the organisation of the use of remote pastures, addressing the question of water provision," Akhmetov said at a government meeting.

09.04.2013

Kazakhstan and Argentina will discuss bilateral cooperation prospects.

Argentina's Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Zuain will pay a visit to Astana on April 18-19, spokesman for the Kazakh Foreign Ministry Zhanbolat Ussenov said at a press briefing on Tuesday.

"Zuain plans to meet with Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrisov during the visit," Ussenov said.

09.04.2013

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will increase the amount of financing for modernisation of the wastewater treatment facilities in the city of Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan, EBRD reported on Monday.

The new 10.3 million euros loan will be added to earlier financing of €13.6 million to Water Resources Marketing, a private water utility company in Shymkent, the report said.

09.04.2013

Kazakhstan is strongly concerned about the escalation of tensions on Korean Peninsula, official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Zhanbolat Usenov said at a briefing on Tuesday.

"We hope that the parties will demonstrate maximum self-restraint and calm in order to maintain peace in the region," Ussenov said.

09.04.2013

A grain shortage at the cost of 5.7 billion tenge (150.90 tenge = 1 dollar) was detected at cereal receiving enterprises of Kazakhstan. This was announced on Tuesday, Deputy Chairman of the State Agricultural Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Mars Almabek announced on Tuesday.