Nazarbayev Proposes Way to Create Greater Eurasia
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+1° / -5°C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019 No 21 (183) www.astanatimes.com Nazarbayev proposes way Kazakhstan, Russia agree to create Greater Eurasia to forge interregional cooperation crossings is necessary, taking into By Aidana Yergaliyeva account the transnational corridors being formed, including within NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan the framework of the Belt and and Russia reaffirmed their com- Road Initiative and North-South mitment to strengthening inter- megaprojects. Today, there is a regional cooperation, as the two need to expand and open a num- countries signed 17 documents on ber of additional checkpoints,” he infrastructure, trade and economy, said. among other areas, at their 16th The signed documents also in- Interregional Cooperation Forum clude cooperation programmes Nov. 6-7 in Omsk. between Kazakh and Russian Kazakh President Kassym- ministries to develop culture, Jomart Tokayev and Russian Pres- infrastructure and transport, as ident Vladimir Putin signed the well as a memorandum of un- Cross-Border Cooperation Pro- derstanding between the Kazakh gramme. Tokayev, who proposed Ministry of Information and So- the programme, noted it “will pro- cial Development and the Rus- vide an opportunity to strengthen sian Federal Agency for Youth the infrastructure potential of the Affairs. border regions.” Tokayev also stressed the im- “The existing infrastructure portance of the joint action pro- no longer meets modern require- gramme in industrial coopera- ments. Therefore, a lot of work tion. remains. Modernisation of border Continued on Page A3 lbasy.kz E Kazakhstan adopts Photo credit: Photo credit: open skies regime at 11 By Aidana Yergaliyeva eration opportunities in the Greater (CICA) and the Organisation for He also proposed creating a Eurasia. Only in this way will we Security and Cooperation in Eu- Global Alliance of Leaders for a NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s be able to realise the huge poten- rope (OSCE). Nuclear Weapons-Free World to tial that the Eurasian superconti- The new arrangement, known promote the nuclear disarmament airports starting Nov. 1 First President Nursultan Naz- arbayev proposed specific ways nent possesses and I am pleased as Greater Eurasia, could “form a and non-proliferation agenda. The ministry anticipates open to create a Greater Eurasia at the to note that it is our club that acts single community of Euro-Atlan- “We have repeatedly talked By Nazira Kozhanova skies will attract new foreign carri- Nov. 12 at the fifth meeting of the today as the ideological platform tic and Eurasian security” as stated about the need to stop the ero- ers, open new international routes, Astana Club in the capital. of a new geopolitical construction in the OSCE’s Astana Declaration sion of existing nuclear disarma- NUR-SULTAN – Eleven Kazakh increase competition and ulti- “Pragmatic cooperation between called Greater Eurasia,” he added. adopted nine years ago, he said . ment agreements. In anticipation airports adopted an open skies re- mately affect air transport avail- the Eurasian Economic Union, Nazarbayev stressed the impor- “There is a need to critically re- of the review conference of the gime Nov. 1, reported the Ministry ability for the general population. the European Union, the SCO tance of building the mechanism to think the approaches to the formation Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Industry and Infrastructural De- It is also expected to help develop (Shanghai Cooperation Organi- support dialogue between the EU of continental security architecture… of Nuclear Weapons next year, we velopment press service. The open the country’s tourism industry and sation), ASEAN (Association of and EAEU in addressing the key There is a need to create a full- should again think about the need skies regime allows more foreign make the Astana International Fi- Southeast Asian Nations) and the risks to Eurasian geopolitics and fledged Eurasian security model that to universalise the main provisions carriers and more flights to operate nancial Centre more accessible. Belt and Road Initiative will give world as a whole. will combine the European, Asian of this document. I believe that at Kazakh airports. The open skies regime follows a powerful impetus to the forma- “We are worried about the situa- and regional systems,” he added. there is a need to tighten measures “This mode is introduced at the President Kassym-Jomart To- tion of Greater Eurasia, stabilis- tion in the global economy, which The majority of experts think of international responsibility for airports of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, kayev’s directive announced at the ing the entire political space of the is increasingly showing signs of an unifying the institutions will re- withdrawing from the treaty and Shymkent, Aktau, Karaganda, Oct. 8 meeting in the capital de- largest continent in the world. I impending crisis. Amid growing solve key Eurasian issues, said reinforcing them with relevant res- Ust-Kamenogorsk, Pavlodar, voted to its development. consider this an unacceptable situ- trade contradictions and geopoliti- Nazarbayev, who proposed using olutions at the UN Security Coun- Kokshetau, Taraz, Petropavlovsk “An important issue is the in- ation, when a full-fledged dialogue cal instability in the world, global the Astana Club as a preliminary cil level,” he said. and Semey. The regime provides crease in the number of interna- between the EU and the Eura- institutions give disappointing stage to prepare higher-level ne- In addition, Nazarbayev spoke for the removal of restrictions on tional flights. Currently, direct sian Economic Union is still not forecasts. Slowing global growth gotiations. As Honorary Chair of about the need to develop effec- the number of flights and the pro- flights from Nur-Sultan are oper- achieved,” Nazarbayev said dur- has a negative effect on world the Supreme Eurasian Economic tive guarantees of North Korea’s vision to foreign airlines of the ated to less than 30 international ing his speech to open the plenary trade. All these factors undermine Council, he stressed his readiness security on the part of all UN Se- fifth degree of freedom of the air destinations – this is not enough. meeting. world stability,” he said. to provide comprehensive support curity Council members and create in areas where Kazakhstan carri- After all, the capital reasonably In the reality of increased inter- Nazarbayev proposed combin- in building the European Union a catalogue of confidence-building ers do not operate,” the ministrty, positions itself as an international dependence, countries should stop ing the potentials of the Confer- (EU) – Eurasian Economic Un- measures between Pyongyang and which regulates the transportation centre,” he said. pursuing “narrow regionalism and ence on Interaction and Confi- ion (EAEU) partnership dialogue Seoul to stabilise the situation on industry, noted. Tokayev urged not prioritising bloc thinking, but reveal new coop- dence-Building Measures in Asia mechanism. the Korean Peninsula. Foreign carriers flying under the the interests of any particular air- fifth degree freedom of the air will line in implementing the policy. be authorised to make connections “In other words, there is a need through the cities to urban areas to open the skies – this is my in- in third countries. The change is struction to the government. There intended to increase Kazakhstan’s is nothing to fear; (we need not) SOS Children’s Village celebrates 25 years transit potential and traffic through indulge one company, even if it domestic airports. The regime is is the most famous, the most fa- in the village. The facility carefully love, safety and respect. Kids here maximum age is 18. The Children valid for three years with a possi- vourite one. (We) need to open the By Galiya Khassenkhanova chooses and trains women who be- have the right to education and Rights Committee proposed pro- ble extension. skies,” he added. come mothers and are helped by medical insurance. The main aim is longing the stay in Youth Houses NUR-SULTAN – SOS Chil- other professionals. for children that grow up in the vil- until 29. dren’s Village will celebrate its 25th “The difference is that children lage to be self-sufficient, confident “We, as mums and as leadership, anniversary Nov. 29 and share its socialise, they clean up houses with and stress resistant young people are proud of the 207 children who achievements. mums, go shopping, receive allow- useful in their society,” said Sher. have grown up here, 121 of whom UNODC launches programme “The work on decreasing the ances, go to ordinary public schools The Kazakh villages started in succeeded in integrating into socie- number of orphaned children and and attend extracurricular activi- 1993, when Sara Nazarbayeva, ty, having their own families. Every making life of the current ones more ties,” she said. the wife of First President Nur- fifth child has a university educa- comfortable will continue. We did Hermann Gmeiner founded sultan Nazarbayev, proposed the tion,” said SOS Children’s Village to support management of not notice (how) the 25 years (flew SOS Children’s Villages in 1949 programme to the government. Director Zauresh Arystanova. by), but we can see the result of the when he realised many children Kazakh SOS Children’s Village More than 30 children have decision to establish the villages,” were orphaned following World Fund opened the following year families, which gives the village said Raisa Sher, Advisor to the War II. Raised in Austria, he lost and she was named an honorary 46 grandchildren. The former resi- violent extremist prisoners Kazakh Minister of Education and his mother as a boy and knew the president. dents bring their own youngsters to the UN Office of Counter Terrorism Science on the Protection of Chil- hardships the youngsters would In 1997, the first couple symboli- visit the village. By Zhanna Shayakhmetova ($3 million) and the government of dren’s Rights, during a press tour to have to endure. Gmeiner devised cally opened the first village in Al- In September 2018, the Nursul- the Netherlands ($1.4 million).