December 16, 2012 Kazakhstan Independence

4 The Japan Times Sunday, December 16, 2012 第３種郵便物認可 Kazakhstan independence day Night view: The contemporary skyline of Astana lights up the Ishim River. First designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, Astana is the new capital city at the heart of the nation. EmbAssy of KAzakhstAn further deepening of strategic partnership with Japan Rising Kazakhstan continues to pursue new global initiatives for safer, cleaner energy Akylbek Kamaldinov trustful cooperation with other of the world to abandon nuclear and the increase in the peace- century. AmbAssAdor of the republic of countries serve as much more tests forever. keeping role of religious and The economic model imple- KAzakhstAn solid security guarantees than Taking this opportunity, I spiritual leaders. mented by President nursultan huge arsenals of the deadliest would like to urge the readers against this background, it is nazarbayev proved its high ef- On dec. 16, our country cele- weapons. of The Japan Times and all the necessary to stress the impor- fectiveness and stability during brates one of the most important In 2009, the U.n. General As- people of good will to support tance of the initiative of Presi- the recent global crisis. despite national holidays — the Inde- sembly unanimously approved the aTOM Project and to make dent nursultan nazarbayev to it, Kazakhstan was able to mini- pendence day the initiative of President Nursul- the creation of the non-nuclear convene a Conference on Inter- mize the negative trends and of the republic tan nazarbayev, declaring aug. world our main goal. action and Confidence Building quickly return to the path of sus- of Kazakhstan. 29, the closing date of the Semi- and, it is obvious that Kazakh- measures in asia (cICA) that tainable growth. On this day, palatinsk nuclear test site, as the stan’s example becomes espe- united 24 states occupying more Over the past decade and exactly 21 years International Day against Nucle- cially timely and needed today than 90 percent of the territory of a half our economy has been ago, our coun- ar Tests. It should be particularly when the world is facing further asia and half the world’s popula- growing by an average of 7 per- try gained its emphasized that the coauthors proliferation of weapons of mass tion. cent annually. compared with independence, of the appropriate resolution destruction, while the threat of The main purpose of the the initial period of indepen- laying the foun- were 26 states, including Japan, their use by international terror- cICA is to strengthen coop- dence, gross domestic product dation of new Kazakhstan. which is another example of the ist organizations is also growing. eration through multilateral ap- (GdP) grew by more than 16 Thanks to the enormous efforts recognition of Kazakhstan’s con- Kazakhstan, as a multieth- proaches to peace, security and times. In 2011, GdP growth was of our first President and Leader tribution to the strengthening of nic and multireligious state, stability in Asia. 7.5 percent. In the first half of of the nation nursultan naz- international security and non- fully supports the global process as a matter of fact, the CICA 2012, Kazakhstan’s economic arbayev, who became the author proliferation. aimed at promoting of dialogue has basically reached such a lev- growth was 5.6 percent, while of Kazakhstan’s unique model of The new initiative of Kazakh- between civilizations and reli- el of interaction that provides for real income grew by 12.8 per- Global project: The official poster (left) of the international development during a historically stan was brought forward at the gions. Under the initiative of our a transition to a more efficient cent. Today, GdP per capita is campaign against nuclear tests, The ATOM Project, which was short period of time, Kazakhstan Global nuclear Security Sum- country, UNEScO declared 2010 form of its participation in the approaching to $12,000, and ac- launched by the government of Kazakhstan during the has taken a quantum leap from mits in Washington, d.c., and as the International Year for the system of modern international cording to the World bank, Ka- international conference “From a Nuclear Test Ban to a Nuclear- economic and political chaos of Seoul, and the establishment of rapprochement of Cultures; and relations in eurasia and glob- zakhstan entered the category of Weapon-Free World” in the capital Astana in August. Above: the early 1990s to the modern the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium 2013-2022 as the International ally. We are speaking about the upper-middle-income countries. Launched in 2008, realizing President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s welfare state with a dynamically bank has generated possible de- decade for the rapprochement prospect of establishing a new Prior to 2016, we plan to provide proposal, the Astana Economic Forum (www.aef.kz) will hold its growing market economy, demo- velopments. of Cultures. full-fledged international Or- an annual GdP growth of 7 per- sixth meeting in May 2013. EmbAssy of KAzakhstAn cratic institutions, political stabil- In this regard, on Aug. 27-29, This noble goal is also de- ganization on Interaction and cent. ity, ethnic and religious harmony, 2012, astana hosted the inter- voted to the practice of holding confidence-building measures another indication of the stani and foreign partners can in the implementation of major as well as significant international national conference “From a congresses of leaders of world in Asia, the OICA. global assessment of our eco- showcase their latest achieve- investment projects in the nucle- recognition. nuclear Test ban to a nuclear- and traditional religions on Ka- during past years the cICA nomic model is improvement ments and developments in ar and petrochemical industries, It should be fair to say that the Weapons-Free World,” orga- zakh soil. has considerably expanded its of Kazakhstan’s performance in green energy. the mining sector and technol- merits of our leader are known nized by the majilis of the Par- Over the past nine years, four geographic scope. Vietnam, the World bank’s doing busi- of non-primary goods. This is eXPO 2017 will indeed be the ogy transfer. not only in Kazakhstan, but also liament, the nazarbayev center times the capital astana has bahrain, Iraq and cambodia ness Report. In the 2013 edition the first time in our economy. first international exposition to closer economic ties are also far beyond its borders. and the Foreign Ministry on the gathered together leaders of have become new members. of the report, Kazakhstan ranked during the first nine months of be held in Central Asia and the maintained by the activities of Having experienced the hor- Kazakhstan side, and by the Par- major world and traditional reli- bangladesh and the Philippines 49th, up 7 positions, occupying 2012, Kazakhstan’s foreign trade cIS. joint committees and commis- rors of nuclear weapons our- liamentarians for nuclear non- gions, including representatives became observers. Japan is now a leading position among the exceed $101 billion, up 10.9 also, I would like to mention sions of government and private selves, Kazakhstan from the first proliferation and disarmament of the Japanese association of an observer of the CICA, but we commonwealth of Independent percent in comparison with the the relations between Kazakh- sectors for economic coopera- days of its independence has (PNND). Shinto Shrines aka Jinja Honcho. hope Japan will also become a States. same period of 2011. stan and Japan, which crossed tion, whose next meeting will be been one of the leaders of the This forum in the Kazakh In addition to its direct inter-re- full member of the forum in the The stable and dynamic de- Thanks to the government’s the 20-year threshold this year. held in Tokyo in spring 2013. international movement for a capital that gathered parlia- ligious values, the congress is an near future. velopment of Kazakhstan pro- support the number of small and We highly appreciate the sup- Political dialogue also devel- nuclear-weapons-free world. mentarians and scientists from important and effective interna- as part of the 20th anniver- motes more intensive partner- medium-size enterprises in Ka- port that Japan has provided to ops very dynamically based on On aug. 29, 1991, President more than 70 countries was tional policy instrument to serve sary of the initiative of President ship with foreign partners. Since zakhstan increased by 35 times. the development of Kazakhstan interparliamentary contacts be- nursultan nazarbayev by his another important step toward peace and stability in the world, nursultan nazarbayev, on Sept. 1991, our economy attracted by 2020, the share of this sector in the first days of our indepen- tween parliamentarian friend- unilateral decree permanently strengthening closer interna- as well as to bring together po- 12, 2012, a commemorative $150 billion of foreign invest- in GdP will be about 40 percent. dence. and it should be noted ship groups. shut down the Semipalatinsk tional cooperation in the field litical and religious leaders for Session and the fourth meeting ment (more than 80 percent Since 2010, Kazakhstan intro- that Japan is one of the first On nov. 9-10, Foreign min- nuclear test site, the second- of nonproliferation and nuclear convergence of civilizations, na- of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of of investment flows to central duced about 440 new industrial countries that recognized the in- ister of the Republic of Kazakh- largest in the world, and a year disarmament, and supporting tions and countries. cICA were held in Astana. asia). The largest investors and units, which employ more than dependence of Kazakhstan and stan erlan Idrissov visited To- and a half later an already inde- Kazakhstan’s international ini- In 2013, we will celebrate the as a responsible member of captains of the world’s business 50,000 skilled workers.

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