Nursultan Nazarbayev

Turkey, Kazakhstan to boost defense industry cooperation

Turkey and Kazakhstan on Feb. 4 discussed opportunities to strengthen cooperation in the defense industry sector. 

In a statement, Kazakhstan's Defense Ministry said Turkey's Deputy National Defense Minister Muhsin Dere met with Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev as part of a two-day working visit to Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan Renames their Capital after Ex-president

At a joint meeting of the two chambers, Kazakhstan's parliament passed a law renaming the state capital Astana to Nursultan in honor of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, TASS reported.

The members of the Magglias (Lower House) and Senate (upper) unanimously voted in favor of the proposal. The law is considered adopted and is now due to be signed by the president.

INTERVIEW/Vassilenko: For Kazakhstan, the biggest challenge is to contribute to the reduction of tensions among key-players

Right now, in modern circumstances where there are heightened tensions among the global players, for Kazakhstan, the biggest challenge we see is to contribute to the reduction of these tensions among these key-players, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko told AGERPRES in an interview.

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