+21° / +13°C Wednesday, june 29, 2016 No 12 (102) www.astanatimes.com SCO Presidents Urge Cooperation in Transit, In Historic Win, Kazakhstan Infrastructure, Counter-Terrorism Elected for UN Security Council for 2017-2018 By Galiaskar Seitzhan

NEW YORK – After a gruelling six-year campaign, which took its leaders and diplomats and intro- duced Kazakhstan to far flung cor- ners of the world, from Europe to the Pacific Islands, from Africa to Latin America, Kazakhstan won the right to sit on the United Nations Security Nameplate for Kazakhstan at the UN Council in 2017-2018. General Assembly hall is seen on June In the second round of voting by 28 during the vote count. the UN General Assembly here on these priorities in the main body of June 28, Kazakhstan was elected multilateral diplomacy in the world, from the Asian-Pacific group, re- ceiving 138 votes, which is more Kazakhstan intends to closely co- than two thirds of the UN member operate with all partners without states needed for the win. exception, members in the Security For the first time Kazakhstan has Council and the UN as a whole, the declared his candidacy for non-per- country’s diplomats have said ear- lier. Presidents of the six member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan - are joined manent members of the UN Security for a group photo by the leaders of Afghanistan, Belarus, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan as well as the foreign minister of Iran and representatives of Council in June 2010. Since then, As a non-permanent UN Security numerous international organisations who are SCO observers and partners for dialogue. the Kazakh diplomats have made Council member, Kazakhstan will also seek to represent the interests By Aiman Turebekova consistent efforts to bring to the bek Atambayev, Russian President and the signing of a package of national terrorism. A further step international community practical of the whole of Central Asia and Vladimir Putin, Tajik President other documents. is the adoption of the convention intends to raise important issues for ASTANA – President of Kazakh- content and validity of the country’s Emomali Rahmon joined the host Nazarbayev noted that the jubi- on the fight against extremism. It bid, and obtain support from the the region, the Kazakh diplomats stan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Uzbek President Islam Karimov for lee summit was held amidst global is important to note that religious widest possible range of UN mem- added. Tashkent to participate in a sum- the June 24 summit. challenges and threats. extremism is not identified with ber states. Kazakhstan will officially assume mit of the Shanghai Cooperation The sides discussed concrete According to him, the SCO’s peace-loving Islam and other re- Kazakhstan put forward four pri- the non-permanent membership of Organisation (SCO), where discus- steps to develop cooperation in response could be the effective ligions,” Nazarbayev said, noting orities for its future work in the UN the UN Security Council on January sions focused on cooperating to priority spheres including security, implementation of the Coop- that his country had recently initi- Security Council: nuclear, energy, 1, 2017 and will carry on until De- counter terrorism and the flow of il- counterterrorism, and economic eration Programme in the fight ated the high-level dialogue, ‘Reli- water and food security. Advancing cember 31, 2018. legal drugs and to support regional and humanitarian ties. The summit against the “three evil forces” for gions for Peace,’ under the auspic- development. The summit marked concluded with the adoption of the 2016–2018. es of the UN in New York and held the organisation’s 15th anniversary. Tashkent Declaration, the approval “We propose to develop and the international “Religions against Nazarbayev, Chinese President Xi of the 2016–2020 Action Plan for adopt a statement on the SCO’s Terrorism” conference in Astana. Jinping, Kyrgyz President Almaz- the SCO Development Strategy, joint counteraction against inter- Continued on Page A3 Foreign Minister Highlights Prospective Tasks of Kazakh Diplomacy President Nazarbayev Calls for Further our biggest trading partner, while the By Kamila Zhumabayeva U.S. is the second biggest foreign investor after the EU. We are work- ASTANA – Kazakh Minister of ing on developing friendly, ben- Integration and International Cooperation Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov pre- eficial relations with our brotherly sented detailed information about countries and closest neighbours in the current activities of the ministry Central Asia. We are developing co- and highlighted prospective tasks of operation with key countries of the Kazakh diplomacy in the interna- Arab world, Asia, Africa and Latin tional arena during his first formal America,” said the minister. meeting with the public held June Developing a relationship with 20 in the capital. African countries is one of the new- He emphasised that due to the er, but at the same time important country’s dynamic development directions in Kazakhstan’s foreign and peace-loving and active foreign policy. policy of President Nursultan Naz- “Despite the geographic remote- arbayev, Kazakhstan currently oc- ness, we intend to develop beneficial cupies strong positions in the world relations with the region’s counties. and enjoys respect among countries. As of today, Kazakhstan has embas- “Our country has rightfully be- sies in the South African Republic, come an established leader in the Ethiopia and Egypt. Diplomatic re- field of nuclear disarmament and an lations with most of the continent’s active moderator in the dialogue of states were established. Today, the cultures, religions and civilizations,” states of the African continent are in- said Idrissov. volved more deeply in international Kazakhstan maintains diplomatic economic and political processes,” relations with 180 nations and has said Idrissov. set the task to enter the list of 30 He added creating favourable ex- most developed countries. ternal conditions for political, eco- “We build friendly, trustworthy nomic and social transformations relations and beneficial economic inside the country and protecting ties with large and small states in the national interests in an international east and west, north and south. We arena were and remain the main pri- closely cooperate with Russia and ority of the ministry’s work. China, the European Union (EU) is Continued on Page A2

(L-R) CNN Host Fareed Zakaria, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italiam Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

billion in 2016. At the same time, rier to national economies. He alogue between the two unions,” By Malika Orazgaliyeva the inflow of capital in the devel- suggested the Eurasian Economic he said. Astana Prepares to Celebrate oped economies does not guaran- Union (EAEU), as the youngest Nazarbayev emphasised close Kazakh President Nursultan tee their further growth. The fall interstate association, must take cooperation between the EAEU Nazarbayev visited Saint Peters- of prices on raw materials sig- this risk into account. Disintegra- and Association of Southeast burg, Russia to participate in the nificantly reduced the revenues tion and economic isolationism Asian Nations (ASEAN) is anoth- 20th International Economic Fo- of exporting countries. It, in turn, will not solve internal problems, er important direction. Speaking rum and hold a series of bilateral intensified the deflationary pres- he stated. about Kazakhstan’s economic ini- meetings. sure in importing countries. The “The collaboration of economic tiatives, he invited investors from Russian President Vladimir income of absolutely all mining spaces of the European Union and Russia and other Commonwealth Putin and Italian Prime Minister of Independent States (CIS) coun- Mateo Renzi took part at the fo- companies is rapidly declining. the EAEU has great potential for a All lose. The governments and breakthrough in the development tries to participate in the Astana rum session “Capitalising on the International Financial Centre. He New Global Economic Reality.” central banks become less able of the entire Greater Eurasia and to revive economic activity,” he the world as a whole. I was and noted it will help create favour- In his speech, Nazarbayev not- able conditions for the sustainable ed the world has lived in condi- said. remain a strong supporter of this “Looking at the situation objec- process. I constantly raise this is- socio-economic development of tions of global crisis for several the entire region. tively, it can be understood that sue at my meetings with European years, where people are experi- The President added the world the global economy is not suffer- partners. I hope that the participa- encing a decrease in the quality of is facing the problem of uncon- ing from an excess of integration, tion of many heads of major Euro- life, including the middle class in trollable external migration amid developed countries. but rather the lack of it,” he said. pean companies and President of the worsening economic and po- “The experts predict a record The President added a number the European Commission Jean- litical situation. amount of capital outflow from of interstate integration bureau- Claude Juncker in this forum will developing markets up to $450 cratic frames have become a bar- bring the beginning of a direct di- Continued on Page A3 See full story on page B1.

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NATIONAL Reshuffle in Kazakhstan: New Head of Presidential news in brief The bill to suspend certain provi- sions and amendments of the land code has been sent to the Senate. Administration, Mazhilis Speaker, Minister The document was reviewed in two separate readings and the de- cision to advance it was made by the members of a relevant commit- of Investment and Development, and Astana Mayor tee. The bill suspends the actions of paragraphs associated with the By Zhazira Dyussembekova provision for temporary land use by foreigners, Kazakh residents ASTANA – The Presidential Ad- without citizenship and foreign ministration will have a new chief companies. and Astana a new mayor and follow- ing a June 21 presidential decree on Kazakhstan and Belarus are these and other personnel changes in planning to share agricultural ex- the national and local government. perience, reported Kazakh TV. Be- Former Akim (mayor) of larusian visitors who travelled to Astana Adilbek Dzhaksybekov Almaty region showed interest in will now head the Presidential spring and winter crops, potatoes Administration;former head of the and local varieties of apples. Ka- Presidential Administration Nur- zakh farmers were also interested lan Nigmatullin is now a member in cooperating with their counter- of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of Nurlan Nigmatullin Adilbek Dzhaksybekov Asset Issekeshev Zhenis Kassymbek parts. Belarus has had good expe- Parliament); former Minister of In- rience in cultivating sugar beets, vestment and Development Asset to Russia and minister of industry Mazhilis. On June 22, the deputies ning and Reforms and the Minis- an intern researcher at the Kazakh rapeseed and various grains. Be- Issekeshev is now akim of Astana; and trade. He was also Astana’s first of the Mazhilis voted to elect Nig- try of Economy and Budget Plan- Leading Academy of Architecture larusians are members of the In- and Zhenis Kassymbek has been akim, from 1997–2003. Nigmatul- matullin as their speaker. ning early in his career. In 2003, and Civil Engineering and later ternational Union, which protects raised from first vice minister to lin takes the place in the Mazhilis of Previous Speaker of the Mazhi- he was appointed deputy minister worked at Temirbank. He served plant breeders’ rights and new minister of investment and devel- Roman Sklyar, who was appointed lis Bakhtykozha Izmukhambetov of industry and trade. He has also on the Kazakh Anti-monopoly plant varieties, an organisation opment, according to the decrees deputy minister of national econ- is now chairman of the Central served as minister of industry and Committee and in the Ministry of which Kazakhstan is preparing to signed by Kazakh President Nur- omy in May. Originally from the Council of the Organisation of trade and deputy prime minister. In Transport and Communications, join. sultan Nazarbayev on June 21. Karaganda region, Nigmatullin has Veterans, a national public as- February 2015, he was appointed where he had earlier been appoint- Dzhaksybekov had been akim served as deputy mayor of Astana, sociation. He retained his deputy Investment Ombudsman. ed as a minister in March 2014. The main sponsor of health in- of Astana since October 2014. He deputy minister of Transport and mandate. Issekeshev had served as Before his appointment as minis- The changes come as the coun- surance in Kazakhstan will be the has headed the Presidential Ad- Communications, akim (governor) minister of investment and devel- ter of investment and development, try faces challenges of maintaining state, as contributions from the ministration before, in 2004–2008, of Karaganda region and chairman opment for two years. Originally Kassymbek served as Issekeshev’s the growth rates in its economic treasury will cover more than half and has also served as secretary of of the Mazhilis. Nazarbayev has from Uralsk, Issekeshev worked deputy. Born in Zhambyl region, development in the year of the of the total population, reported state, defence minister, ambassador proposed him for speaker of the at the Agency for Strategic Plan- Kassymbek started his career as 25th anniversary of independence. Kazakh TV. The rate increase will be divided into stages, reaching up to 7 percent by 2024. Private en- trepreneurs, as well as all who are self-employed, will have to pay a 7 percent fee to the insurance fund in Parliament Recommends Foreign Minister Highlights Prospective three years. “We are now working with local authorities to identify the category among the population Cutting Some Subsidies, with the bodies of state income on Tasks of Kazakh Diplomacy tax amnesty,” said medical services payment committee deputy chair Enhancing Tax, Other Continued from Page A1 tries will soon be able to receive Russia, China, the U.S., EU coun- Gulzhan Shaikhybekova. “But the the necessary consultations with- tries, Central Asia, Turkey and the state in the period up to 2020 has Idrissov named the expanded out leaving their nations. Arab and Asia Pacific regions. provided a guarantee for this cat- Foreign Ministry meeting chaired “Together with the Ministry of Particular emphasis was given to egory. They will benefit from free Administrative Efficiency by Nazarbayev Feb. 3 as a key Investment and Development, we developing partnerships with Cen- outpatient clinical care and phar- planning documents concerning event. The session reviewed the will designate special investment tral Asian countries. maceutical supplies, regardless of By Ainur Kuramyssova the state planning system, in order interim results of Kazakhstan’s advisors in Kazakhstan’s embas- “Cooperation with Kyrgyzstan the fact that they do not have insur- to reflect outcomes and efficiency, foreign ministry activity through sies in 10 countries – the U.S., is being held between the foreign ance, but by 2020 they should de- ASTANA – The Parliament of was among other recommendations. 25 years of independence and laid China, Japan, Germany, France, ministries. Political consultations fine the status.” The experience of Kazakhstan has recommended Other suggestions covered creating new groundwork for further tasks the U.K., Italy, South Korea, In- between Kazakhstan and Kyr- 57 countries, including the Czech changing the Business Road Map measures to reduce the public debt, on protecting and promoting the dia and Iran. Each of these consuls gyzstan were held May 25 between Republic, Germany, Lithuania, 2020 programme to exclude subsi- the level of external borrowing and country’s national interest on a will have the authority for working the foreign ministries,” he said. Poland and Russia, was taken into dies for business entities engaged debt in the quasi-public sector. worldwide scale. across the whole region,” said Id- Idrissov stressed the challenging account during the development in the non-manufacturing sector, According to the report, the gov- “Since the beginning of 2016, rissov. trends of world political develop- process. Employees will have a including wholesale and retail trade, ernment should take steps to enhance Nursultan Nazarbayev has made He added the front offices of ment, economics of the last years 2 percent deduction compared to real estate, and accommodation the tax administration’s efficiency eight visits abroad and received Kaznex Invest, the national export and realities of our day confirm Germany, for instance, where they management in the recreation and to prevent future budget losses and 21 heads of foreign states, govern- and investment agency, will be the strategic importance of Ka- pay 8 percent; the rates for private entertainment sector, reported the provide mechanisms for the early ments and international organisa- opened in the world’s five leading zakhstan’s multi-vectored foreign business are 7 percent in Kazakh- press service of the Mazhilis, the detection of tax evasion and fictional tions. A total of 19 international financial centres for on-site inves- policy. stan and 15 percent in Germany. lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Par- companies. It was also stated that the events and 39 bilateral visits have tors’ quality support. A Kazakhstan the Country of the liament. government should provide preven- been conducted since the begin- “These are [to be set up] in New Great Step mobile app was created Pavlodar school students will During the June 17 joint session tive measures for cashing in funds ning of the year,” he said. York, Frankfurt, Dubai, Istanbul by the ministry as part of the 100 learn English during their sum- of both chambers, chaired by the and stimulate cashless transactions. The head of state tasked the and Beijing. Thus despite the cur- Concrete Steps Plan of the Nation mer holiday for free, reported Speaker of the Mazhilis Baktykozha The document, adopted by both Foreign Ministry with strength- rent global and regional financial and was presented by Idrissov at the local media. More than 1,000 Izmukhambetov, Parliament ap- chambers, also considers issues in ening the work to attract foreign and economic instability, we are the event held at the Kazakh Me- children are taking the courses. proved the governmental report on the development of a system for as- investment and technology within building up efforts on attracting dia Centre. It aims to present in- The project is implemented by an state budget implementation for sessing the efficiency of the quasi- implementing industrial and in- foreign investment aimed primar- formation about Kazakhstan in international public organisation 2015. In particular, revenues were public sector. It is expected that spe- novative projects, the Nurly Zhol ily at establishing new jobs and vivid and convenient form to a with the support of the Kazakh 5.9 trillion tenge (US$17.6 billion) cial regulations will be developed to programme, the Kazakhstan 2050 transferring technologies,” he said. wide national and foreign audi- Ministry of Education and Sci- and expenditures totalled 6.47 tillion control state financing rates of the Strategy and promoting exports to Idrissov also talked about the ence. The app, is available for ence. “Our main goal is to instill tenge (US$19.3 million). real economy through quasi-public foreign markets. priorities of developing bilateral download from the AppStore, the love for the English language A thorough review of target in- sector entities and second level The minister noted potential for- relations between Kazakhstan’s Play Market and on the ministry’s in these kids. The programme dicators and other indicators in all banks. eign investors from several coun- main international partners and website, www.mfa.gov.kz. will help them in the future when they enter high school,” said Al- mas Ordabayev, one of the teach- ers.

Algebra and geometry will be Kazakhstan’s Judicial Reforms on the Right combined into one subject start- ing in 2019, reported the Kazakh Ministry of Education and Sci- ence. In all schools, students will Track, South Korean Chief Justice Says study physics, computer science, electronic technologies in the jus- their trust. So in that direction, Ka- chemistry and biology in English, By Zhazira Dyussembekova tice system, a practice Kazakhstan zakhstan has also chosen the right world history in Russian and the is still working on. path,” he added. history of Kazakhstan in Kazakh. ASTANA – Heads of the Su- “As you know, South Korea is Cooperation between Kazakh- In addition, the Ministry noted the preme Courts of South Korea and one of the leaders in the IT indus- stan and South Korea started in transition to the English-language Kazakhstan discussed reforms, co- try. We were thinking about the 2000. “The chairmen of our Su- system will be flexible and suit- able for students and teachers. operation and exchanging experi- need to informatise the judicial preme Courts have met several Teachers will study English for ence in a meeting June 24 in Astana. system in the 1980s. In the 1990s, times. Also, one of the judges of four months a year for two and Chief Justice of South Korea we created it, and today 60 percent Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court has a-half years and the training will Yang Sung-tae and Chairman of legal proceedings take place in participated in an educational pro- of Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court not negatively affect the educa- an electronic format and the num- gramme in the Korean Court. Now tional process. The Ministry in- Kairat Mami presented informa- ber will increase. Also, according he works in Kazakhstan and plays tion on the development of the tends to spend 10 billion tenge to World Bank data, South Korea a big role in the development of (US$29.8 million) annually for judicial systems in their countries. has really good results in resolving the judicial system in his country teachers’ qualification courses. Mami talked about current re- economic disputes via our elec- and the cooperation between our “Such expenditures are included forms that are part of the Plan of tronic system,” Yang Sung-tae said countries,” Yang Sung-tae noted. in the state budget,” said Ministry the Nation’s 100 Concrete Steps about his country’s experience. Both countries are interested in of Education and Science Depart- programme, including the trans- Chairman of Kazakh Supreme Court Kairat Mami (L) and Chief Justice of Regarding the increase of re- further cooperation, he said. South Korea Yang Sung-tae. ment of Preschool and Secondary formation to a three-level system quirements for judge candidates, “I hope that the cooperation be- Education Director Zhanyl Zhon- an academy of justice and an inter- “Today, we found out about the of justice, increasing requirements a similar reform was implemented tween our two countries will con- tayeva. “And we want to remind for judge candidates, extending national council had been created reforms in the judicial system in in South Korea five years ago. tinue and the exchange programme teachers that training will be held the powers of investigating judges within the Kazakh Supreme Court. Kazakhstan. In my opinion, the di- The number of years of experi- will be restored. The Korean Su- according to the updated pro- and reducing the participation of Yang Sung-tae talked about the rections for the improvement and ence required for judges increases preme Court thinks that internation- gramme and at the expense of the prosecutors in civil proceedings, judicial system in his country, par- modernisation are chosen correct- every year, he said. By 2025, the al relationships with other courts government budget, not at teach- according to a press release on the ticularly about the application of ly,” he said in an interview after required experience will be a mini- are very important. We hope that in ers’ personal expense. And teach- meeting. He added that a special- information technologies in legal the event. mum of 10 years. “If a judge has a the future our relationships will be- ers will not be overloaded at work ised board on investment issues, proceedings. Attention was given to using lot of experience, people give him come even stronger,” he said. because of the training.” A3 eurasia&world

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EXTERNAL news in brief Kazakh President Urges Reduced Tensions One hundred and thirty-seven Kazakh citizens won the annual Bolashak scholarship this June, it was announced at a recent meet- in the World, Nuclear Disarmament ing of the National Commission a much more successful organisa- on Training Staff Abroad. In total, By Aiman Turebekova tion as a platform for dialogue,” 216 candidates from different re- said Nazarbayev. gions of the country participated in ASTANA – The manifest “The Speaking about the relationship the international scholarship com- World. The 21st Century” and his between Kazakhstan and Russia, petition. According to President of nation’s moral right to advance he noted it is not necessary to com- the Bolashak Centre for Interna- such proposals was one of the top- pete with each other; the countries tional Programmes Gani Nygym- ics addressed by Kazakh President need to work together. etov, “There are various directions Nursultan Nazarbayev in a recent Gusman inquired about Kazakh- to take, like the engineering spe- interview with TASS First Deputy stan’s 100 Concrete Steps and cialty – IT, geology, metallurgy, General Director Mikhail Gusman. which portions of the initiative industrial engineers – all of them “First, 26 years ago we made a have been enacted. are in first place, followed by pae- tough decision to close the Semip- “All last year we worked hard dagogical and socio-humanities, alatinsk nuclear test site. Secondly, to ensure the legal framework of economics, management and fi- we made the same difficult choice these reforms. Together with the nance. Medicine is in third place.” to abandon a nuclear and missile Parliament, our government has arsenal that was located in Ka- been working actively and get 59 Astana EXPO 2017 exhibition zakhstan. I am not going to tell you laws passed to implement these tickets are now available abroad, how many people have suffered; reforms. During the first quarter Kazakh TV reports. South Ko- an area equal to Belgium’s size of this year, 25 steps have already was contaminated [with radiation] been implemented and started to rean business woman Jeong Hee total.kz Photo credit: because of tests at the Semipalat- work. I am determined to finish all Woo was one of the first foreign- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) and TASS First Deputy General Director Mikhail Gusman. ers to purchase an e-ticket for the insk test site and people in the third 100 points,” said the head of state. upcoming exhibition. The head of generation feel the consequences The discussion also turned to the manifest that he presented earlier rorism as well as the development the Eurasian Economic Union and a diversified company, Woo has of the exposures. This was a prob- role of Astana as a moderator. The this year has a very specific algo- of the EAEU and bilateral rela- the SCO. It has been considered been interested in the internation- lem [and] we were left alone,” said city hosted the Organisation for Se- rithm of steps that countries need tions between the countries. by member states and is supported al exhibition in Astana for a long Nazarbayev. curity and Co-operation in Europe to do to overcome their distrust of “Thus, I highly appreciated the by the Russian side. Today, we are time and regularly follows news He maintained the trust between (OSCE) summit for the first time each other. event. We organised the Astana taking a very important step to- about the expo. As she explained, nuclear weapon countries has been in 11 years, it hosts the triennial “It is necessary to raise the entire Economic Forum before this fo- wards admission of new members she looks forward to the expo’s declining because the world’s Congress of Leaders of World and population of the globe, all people rum. They somehow complement such as India and Pakistan. We opening, where she hopes to find combined inventory of nuclear Traditional Religions, while the in- of good will and especially all par- each other,” he said. also consider the joining of Iran,” partners for joint business projects warheads remains at a very high ternational exhibition EXPO 2017 liaments, until it is not too late to Gusman asked Nazarbayev said Nazarbayev. in Kazakhstan. level. will be held in the capital next year. address this issue,” he said. about the prospects of the Shang- He added SCO’s main goal is “Kazakhstan is South Korea’s “There are 15,000 nuclear war- “This year, we want to com- The head of state participated hai Cooperation Organisation not to become an amorphous and strategic partner, and we can see heads, of which almost 4,000 memorate the 25th anniversary of June 17 in the 20th St. Petersburg (SCO) and Kazakhstan’s role in bureaucratic organisation such as the huge interest from other Ko- warheads are deployed with op- the closure of the Semipalatinsk International Economic Forum. the group. the Commonwealth of Independ- rean companies. The exhibition’s erational forces. Approximately 93 test site and invite scientists, nu- theme is future energy, green tech- percent of all nuclear warheads are Nazarbayev noted it was very im- Recounting its history, the Kazakh ent States (CIS). clear physicists and politicians to nology and we would like to work owned by Russia and the United portant to meet with Russian busi- leader emphasised the important “I believe that the CIS has a right once again draw the attention of on the establishment of joint pro- States, who each have roughly ness leaders to exchange views role of the organisation on several to live. We agreed last time that the world community to a very big jects in the field of renewable en- 7,000 warheads in their military on investment opportunities in fronts: the security of the region, we would reduce bureaucracy and threat to all humanity. Fifteen thou- ergy. In addition, we are interested stockpiles. The other countries Kazakhstan and its achievements economic and humanitarian coop- meet once or twice a year to dis- sand nuclear warheads can destroy in railway projects of the New Silk have the remaining 1,500 nuclear since the formation of the Eurasian eration and transport and logistics cuss feasible questions and make the entire planet multiple times. Road.” missiles. Weakening confidence Economic Union (EAEU). through SCO member countries. decisions. For instance, our mili- Nobody can think about it. We causes colour revolutions. As a re- The President also spoke about “At a meeting in Ufa [in 2015], tary authorities exchange experi- speak of an ecological catastrophe, Kazakhstan is one of the top five sult, while a state is falling apart it his extensive meeting with Rus- we agreed to adopt the SCO pro- ences and information with each global warming and so on. I believe cheapest countries for living and turns into a hotbed of extremism,” sian counterpart Vladimir Putin. gramme on combating terrorism other and conduct general security that this is a very serious matter travelling, according to a rating said the Kazakh leader. They discussed regional and poli- that is very crucial. I proposed the work in our territories. Therefore, and everyone should be concerned compiled by consumer spending Nazarbayev emphasised the cy issues and concerns about ter- creation of a free trade zone with the CIS can develop and become with it,” said Nazarbayev. portal Numbeo. Some 122 states were rated based on prices for about 50 goods and services, in- cluding food, rent, the average bill in restaurants, taxis and the cost of President Nazarbayev Calls for Further public transport, as well as enter- tainment, utility bills and mobile phone costs. India was rated the cheapest country for living; second Integration and International Cooperation and third places went to Moldova and Pakistan. Kazakhstan is in Continued from Page A1 contribution and support of the within the Organisation of Islamic and labour. The most important zakhstan. They provide incentives fourth place. The top 10 cheapest organisation. Cooperation (OIC). thing is the free competitiveness in the form of exemption from the countries for living and travelling “According to the estimates of Nazarbayev conferred with Pu- Nazarbayev also led a meet- of our producers in the union. The land tax, property tax and VAT also include Nepal, Ukraine, Geor- various international institutions, tin on a wide range of issues, in- ing with Russian business circles next step is formation of common (value-added tax) on goods con- gia, Algeria, Azerbaijan and Co- the total number of migrants flee- cluding key areas of cooperation including companies such as Av- markets of oil and gas, electricity, sumed in the territory of the SEZ. lombia. According to Numbeo, the ing from poverty and conflicts and developing integration pro- toVAZ, Efko, Eurochem, Euro- certain types of services and medi- Also, the rent of land is free of most expensive travel destinations ranges from 40 to 60 million peo- cesses within the EAEU. pean Bearing Corporation, Lukoil, cines,” he said. charge for up to 10 years,” he said. are Switzerland, Bermuda and the ple,” he said. The Kazakh President also held Polymetal, Russian Railways and The President indicated Kazakh- Nazarbayev met DP World Bahamas. Earlier this year, Ka- Nazarbayev used the opportu- talks with its Guinean President Skolkovo. He underlined the po- stan is concentrating on moving Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed zakhstan was also ranked among nity to meet with United Nations Alpha Conde. Nazarbayev noted tential for further cooperation, not- the country to a new level of in- Bin Sulayem, discussing the com- cheapest countries for living in the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. the huge distance between the two ing 6,000 enterprises with Russian vestment attractiveness and com- pany’s participation in developing world by the U.S. financial portal They discussed issues of coop- nations is not an obstacle for close participation operate successfully bating crises. the Khorgos-Eastern Gate SEZand GOBankingRates. eration and noted progress be- cooperation. The sides discussed in Kazakhstan. “In 2015, we expanded the list Aktau port. He also held talks with tween Kazakhstan and the UN, prospects of bilateral relations in “At the moment, the forma- of visa-free regimes for investors ExxonMobil President Rex Till- Graduate of the Kazakh-Turkish as well as exchanged views on political, trade, economic, cultural tion of the necessary legislative from 35 countries. In 2017, we erson and Russian conglomerate lyceum from Shymkent Daulet topical issues of the internation- and humanitarian spheres and a framework of the EAEU is fully plan to increase it up to 54 coun- AFK Chairman Sistema Vladimir Batyrkhan won Student of the Year al agenda. Ban Ki-moon thanked number of issues on the interna- completed. There is a free move- tries. Currently, 10 special eco- Yevtushenkov regardingoil, gas, for 2016 at the UNIST University the President for his personal tional agenda, including joint work ment of goods, services, capital nomic zones (SEZ) operate in Ka- energy and investment issues. in South Korea, tengrinews.kz re- ports. UNIST University is located in Ulsan, a South Korean city that is the home of Hyundai Motors, shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indus- SCO Presidents Urge Cooperation in Transit, tries, the SK Energy petrochemi- cal company and other industrial groups. UNIST was founded in 2009 and is South Korea’s first Infrastructure, Counter-Terrorism independent national university. Continued from Page A1 formation and Coordination Centre international transport corridors frastructure and Investment Bank tinues to assist in training Afghan “UNIST is a warm and welcoming under the slogan, “Together against to connect Asia and Europe, joint to stimulate the macroeconomic students. About 150 profession- post-secondary institution located The SCO heads of state agreed Drugs.” According to the declara- infrastructure projects to expand development of the region. Deep- als have returned to Afghanistan in the heart of Korea’s largest in- that “fighting terrorism, separatism tion, the SCO leaders “consider that economically attractive transport ening trade, economic, financial and will soon start to work. Each dustrial city, Ulsan, South Korea. and extremism in their all forms, it is important to unite efforts under and communication opportunities and investment cooperation will year, we take in our universities 50 Since its opening in 2009, UNIST [as well as] the illegal production the auspices of the UN founded and by generally trying to exploit provide the necessary conditions people; this is our help to the Af- has truly become one of world’s and turnover of drugs; illegal trade on a complex and balanced ap- the region’s transit potential. for the creation in the future of a ghan economy,” emphasised Naz- leading science and technology in weapons, munition and explo- proach in order to stop the global “Cooperation between SCO free trade zone within the SCO,” arbayev. universities. UNIST aims to be sives; and distribution of arms of production of drugs, including the member states through transport Nazarbayev said. He also announced that the next ranked within the top 10 science mass destruction and means of elimination of illegal plantations and logistics points, the opening of Summit participants also sup- SCO summit will take place in and technology universities by their delivery will remain a priority of drug-containing plants and their economic borders of our countries ported the idea of having common Astana in June 2017. “With a great 2030,” its website explains. task of cooperation in the organisa- processing,” the document reads. and the revival of the Great Silk rules for the behaviour of countries sense of responsibility Kazakhstan tion.” The SCO leaders also witnessed Road will bring Kazakhstan great in the information space, and ex- assumes the mission of chairman- Minister of Investments and Nazarbayev also expressed sup- the signing of memorandums on benefits in the future,” stressed pressed their intention to develop ship of the Shanghai Cooperation Development Zhenis Kassymbek port for the adoption of the SCO the procedures and timetable for Nazarbayev during a press briefing cooperation in managing the inter- Organisation this year. We intend stated that the Western Europe- anti-drug strategy for 2017–2022 India and Pakistan’s accession to after the summit. net. to continue the large-scale work Western China corridor will be and its programme of action. the SCO. “As India and Pakistan “Kazakhstan has already started In addition, the Kazakh President carried out by the Uzbek side and fully commissioned in 2016. He “The member states, expressing gain the status of member coun- the implementation of the Nurly spoke about the main results of bi- contribute to the development and highlighted that more than 2,000 concern over the problem of inter- tries, the organisation’s potential Zhol infrastructure development lateral talks held within the frame- strengthening of the organisation, kilometres of roads are already national drugs, confirm their strict will be bigger by raising its role on programme, which is a distinct ad- work of the event. increasing its role and weight in the ready. The minister said works adherence to the line for keeping the international arena as a multi- dition to the New Silk Road Eco- “During a meeting [with Xi Jin- world,” said Nazarbayev. are being carried out on Almaty- and improving the present interna- lateral mechanism for settling cur- nomic Belt. It seems timely to use ping], we discussed prospects for Leaders of Afghanistan, Bela- Khorgos, Shymkent-Tashkent and tional system of control over drugs, rent problems and for providing the potential of the Astana Interna- the creation of more than 50 joint rus, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, and the Shymkent-Zhambyl region’s based on three major conventions security, stability and sustainable tional Financial Centre, which aims ventures, which will have an im- Turkmenistan as well as the foreign border sections. He added that the of UN organisations,” the Tashkent development in the region,” par- to become a regional financial and portant role in the industrialisation minister of Iran and representa- road from Khorgos to Kyzylorda Declaration reads. ticipants said. investment hub with an independ- of our country. During talks with tives of numerous international or- will be repaired according to first The Kazakh leader proposed a The member states emphasised ent legal system and a preferential the President of Afghanistan, we ganisations participated in the side category standards which help re- joint preventive action by the SCO the role of cooperation in energy tax regime. It is important to use spoke about the situation in the events of the summit as observers duce the number of accidents. and the Central Asian Regional In- and transport, including by creating the opportunities of the Asian In- country. Today, Kazakhstan con- and partners for dialogue. A4 economy

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economy Kazakh Government Says It Successfully news in brief Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) members Kazakhstan and Belarus are developing a Implemented 2015 National Budget long-term strategy for economic and trade cooperation, reported By Malika Orazgaliyeva the local media. According to experts, the countries will focus ASTANA – The June 17 joint on developing transport and lo- session of Parliament’s upper and gistics systems. Statistics from lower chambers reviewed and ap- 2015 indicate the trade turnover proved the government report on between the nations totalled $600 the successful execution of the million and the figure has already 2015 national budget. increased by $100 million in the The main features of administer- first quarter of this year. In ad- ing the budget were its anti-crisis dition to mutual trade, the coun- direction and stabilising role, said tries see potential cooperation in Minister of Finance Bakhyt Sul- sectors such as machinery and a tanov in presenting the report. number of raw materials indus- Thus, the first year of administering tries. Kazakhstan currently sup- the Nurly Zhol programme was fo- plies Belarus with non-ferrous cused on supporting the economy’s metals, liquefied gas and complex demand and financial stability. fertilisers and Belarus has recent- “Over the past year, all social ly started to acquire techniques, spending was increased and all primarily from cars assembled obligations have been met in full. in Kazakhstan. Belarusian com- Businesses were presented cheap panies are also interested in ac- loans from the National Fund, quiring Kazakh grain, fruits and whereas privatisation and legali- vegetables. sation were intensified,” Sultanov said. Kazakh oil refineries are ex- “In the framework of Nurly pected to produce 2.7 million Zhol, 80,000 jobs were created, tonnes of gasoline this year, ac- 456 km of roads were built and cording to the Ministry of En- almost 11,000 apartments were ergy. Experts note Kazakhstan commissioned. Three hundred and imports 1.3 million tonnes of gas- forty-two small and medium-sized oline from Russia and 400,000- projects received loans and more 500,000 tonnes of diesel per year; than 4.5 million vehicles were therefore, the current processing sold,” he said. dation for long term growth,” he funds within existing programmes. on more efficient use of existing of Entrepreneurs Atameken He volumes are sufficient to meet the Sultanov noted the good results said. “Considering the current eco- resources,” he said. spoke about the President’s de- needs of the domestic market. were achieved thanks to the work Speaking to the deputies, Prime nomic situation, we will review A good impetus for economic cision to redistribute resources on ensuring budget stability and its Minister Karim Massimov noted some articles of the Nurly Zhol growth may be the further increase within the existing programmes in During the first four months timely adjustment in February and that on the instruction of President programme and some additional of housing construction, he added. order to provide additional support of the year, Kazakhstan’s light October together with adoption To that end, Nurly Zhol will be for small and medium-sized enter- industry sector share increased of the National Bank’s measures augmented with a new direction prises and employment. by 3.7 percent to 40.9 percent on the transition to a free-floating Sultanov: “Over the past year, related to implementing the in- Massimov asked the participants compared to 37.2 percent in tenge exchange rate last year. all social spending was increased frastructure of individual housing to join the work of ensuring the the same period in 2015. From “This ensured full implemen- construction. money allocated is incorporated January-April, clothing produc- tation of the revenue side of the and all obligations have been met “We believe that the allocation into the economy, therefore allow- tion increased by 6.8 percent to budget. Moreover, compared to the of 10 one-hundredths [of hectare] ing entrepreneurship and employ- 8.5 billion tenge ($25.3 million) adjusted plan we executed budget in full. Businesses were presented of land [per person] with infra- ment to move in the best direction. against 7.9 billion tenge ($23.5 revenues to the tune of 105.7 per- cheap loans from the National Fund, structure will largely make positive He also urged business people million) last year. For compari- cent. Thus, free cash balances were adjustments. Therefore, part of the to pay attention to the issues of son, a higher annual growth rate formed at the beginning of the cur- whereas privatisation and legalisation resources will be directed to the employment, increased agricul- for the first four months was fixed rent year in the amount of 264 bil- development of individual housing tural productivity, labour mobility, at 12.5 percent in 2015 with re- lion tenge,” Sultanov continued. were intensified.” construction,” said Massimov. ensuring the country with essen- spect to 2014. The sports cloth- “The compensating effect of the The previous day, the Prime tial domestic commodities and at- ing, ski equipment and swimwear budget softened the current swings Nursultan Nazarbayev the govern- resources within the government. Minister attended, the third con- tracting investment in the primary segment (45.8 percent) occupies in the economy and laid the foun- ment is working on redistributing In the short term, we are focused gress of the National Chamber sector. a considerable share of the mar- ket.

Kazakhstan will export about 7.5 tonnes of grain this year, re- ported Kapital.kz citing the De- NB Chairman: 400 Billion Tenge in Pension partment of Crop Production. As of the beginning of June, approxi- mately 17.5 hectares of land was allocated to sowing seeds for ag- Fund Savings to Be Invested in riculture, representing 95 percent of the total spring sowing in 2016, according to the Ministry of Agri- culture. Nearly 2.4 million tonnes Quasi-Governmental Institutions of seeds, including two million to finance the working capital in allocation of resources and pro- be completely monitored, as the tonnes of cereal, 338,000 tonnes By Kseniya Voronina the manufacturing industry. The vides safety and recoverability necessary decisions must also of potato seeds, 57,000 tonnes of National Bank, as the manager of pension assets of banks-par- be made by the board of the Na- oilseed and 25,000 tonnes of for- ASTANA – National Bank of pension assets of the SAPF, is ticipants of the programme that tional Fund and the government age crops, were sown this year Chairman Daniyar Akishev re- not against joint use of the Na- must necessarily have a portfolio accordingly. I believe that there alone. cently spoke at a government tional Fund and the SAPF assets. of small and medium-sized en- is no delay in the development of meeting about using pension And in order to reduce the cost terprises (SMEs) loans and rel- resources and all activities were The gold extraction industry is assets to stimulate economic of borrowing under the mecha- evant work experience,” added carried out in a timely manner,” one of the most attractive sectors growth and employment in 2016 nism, we will be mixing rates,” Akishev. said Akishev. of the Kazakh economy to foreign and 2017. he said. In general, banks were offered Prime Minister Karim Mas- investors, reported Kazakh TV. “The National Bank is the co- On one hand, he noted, the ac- approximately 200 billion tenge simov suggested the National According to the National Com- executive in two directions relat- tion will help to protect the inter- ($595 million) for spending, but Bank meet with bankers and mittee for Statistics, about 28 ed to the allocation of funds from ests of depositors; on the other, only 94.4 billion tenge ($280.0 businessmen. tonnes of raw, semi-finished gold the Single Accumulative Pension reduce the cost of lending in the million) has been disbursed to “Last week when I was at and precious metals in the form Fund (SAPF). In 2016, there are Daniyar Akishev real sector of the economy. date. The reasons for the partial Atameken, I met separately with of powder were produced in the plans to invest SAPF funds in the cient use of financial resources. As part of the plan of addi- use of funds are the high cost of some bankers. They talked about country this year, almost 20 per- amount of 400 billion tenge ($1.2 The implementation of the plan tional 2016 anti-crisis measures, resources and the conditionality this issue a lot and had different cent more than 2015. The Varvara billion) on market conditions in of additional anti-crisis measures the SAPF mechanism of distrib- for financing SME needs. opinions and statements. There- gold and copper mine in Kostanai due debt securities of subjects in 2016 revealed that part of the uting funds is being used by the “Since the banks have not fore, let us agree that together region is one of the largest in the of the quasi-governmental sec- SAPF pension assets was not de- National Bank and other banks; it shown sufficient demand for the with you, the bankers and the country. The complex, launched in tor. As of June 17, pension assets manded by the quasi-governmen- was as transparent as possible, he provided resources, I believe that Atameken hold a separate meet- the mid-2000s, includes four ac- have been invested in bonds of tal companies,” he said. said. The banks could indepen- they also may be redistributed in ing. On the readiness basis, tive mines and a modern process- quasi-governmental organisa- In his last sentence, Akishev dently assess the amount of funds other areas. At the same time, I through the chairman of the Na- ing plant and is a high precious tions in the amount of 145 billion was referring to 85 billion tenge which they could access. note that the protracted alloca- tional Bank we will sort out all metal deposit in Central Asia. The tenge ($431 million). One of the ($252.8 million). “The mechanism of the distri- tion process among the banks these issues, because there are Varvara field was among the first important elements of anti-crisis “In this regard, we support the bution of funds fully takes into was not the full competence of too many misunderstandings,” in the country to adopt the GLO- NASS satellite navigation system. measures is a rational and effi- need for reallocation of this sum account the ability of banks for the National Bank and may not he said. The space technology enables the remote control of equipment and machines. Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan, has resumed cultiva- PM Massimov Comments on Use of National Fund tion of the legendary Aport ap- ple. Almost 60 hectares of land activity and increase economic ning to take to change this nega- system will also have the question around the city has been allocated By Zhaniya Urankayeva growth. tive practice? Have we wasted the related to the efficiency of the na- to gardeners to carry out the pro- Nikitinskaya noted the conclu- National Fund and how long will tional fund,” the Prime Minister of ject. The work began two years ASTANA – Member of the Fi- sions of an audit committee indi- the savings of the National Fund Kazakhstan noted. ago, when businessman Dauren nance and Budget Committee of cate that over the past five years in last at the present level of con- According to him, President Alibekov and his team planted 10 Mazhilis Yekaterina Nikitinskaya the structure of the national budget sumption in the current financing Nursultan Nazarbayev will receive apple varieties on 80 hectares. In asked Prime Minister Karim Mas- income tax revenues, a substitution of the budget deficit?” she asked. the relevant law this coming fall. contrast to local growers whose simov about the National Fund’s of transfers from the National Fund “This is a question for both the harvest depends on climate and “We are discussing it, this sum- savings during a June 17 joint ses- and lower budgets can be traced. international and internal audi- other conditions, the new busi- sion of the Parliament and mem- “If in 2011, transfers accounted tors. We understand it, and to- mer we will submit for considera- nesspeople planted so-called in- bers of the government. for 29.8 percent of revenues, in gether with those questions, which tion by the head of state and in au- tensive gardens. Using the trellis According to the prime minis- 2015, their share increased by 13 I mentioned like the public sector tumn will come to you along with system, they incorporated drip ter, the budget expenditures due Kazakh economy immediately af- percent to almost 43 percent. What reforms, the taxes and the more the budget in order to be clear and irrigation and implemented the to the high state presense in the fect the development of business measures is the government plan- efficient use of public funds, this well understood,” he stressed. latest care methods for fruit trees. A5 Business

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BUSINESS news in brief Zero to One to Bring 1,000 Belgian The KazAgro national holding summed up the preliminary results of its financing of the sowing cam- paign in 2016, Kazakh TV reports. Mobile Apps to Market VanHool Buses As part of the support for the spring ing a successful idea such as the sowing campaign, KazAgro’s sub- popular Angry Birds. sidiaries financed more than 2,800 At the end of the project, the best agricultural producers for a total of teams will be invited to continue to be Produced 65.3 billion tenge (US$194.7 mil- working on the product and be able lion) as of today. In addition, as to receive financial support. During part of the leasing programmes of the period, each team must develop in Kyzylorda the national holding, contracts have three to four versions of the product been signed for the supply of 1,140 and attract a target audience from units of agricultural machinery to- Australia, China, Germany, Great talling 18.5 billion tenge (US$55.1 Britain, Japan, Kazakhstan, South million), 849 units of which are Korea and the United States. The equipment. participants will be supervised by mentors responsible for program-

National Geological Exploration Facebook page of Zerotoonelabs.com ming, design and PR promotion. Company Kazgeologiya, Polymetal By Kseniya Voronina In the final stage, the apps will be and Kazzinc Ltd. have agreed to im- reports, are posted regularly on the presented in the framework of the plement joint projects, according to Zero to One, a Kazakh mobile Zero to One Facebook page. App Store and Demo Day, where KazTAG. The parties agreed to co- app company, has announced plans “The mission of the nFactorial In- a large audience of foreign and Ka- operate on the search and evaluation to train no fewer than 1,000 pro- cubator is to bring 40 Kazakh mo- zakh investors, heads of Kazakh of potential areas of subsoil for the fessional developers and create at bile apps to the App Store, which public and private companies, en- detection of gold, silver and copper least 1,000 iOS and Android mobile will cover both the foreign and local trepreneurs, journalists, professors, in Kazakhstan. Kazgeologiya was apps. B2B audience. Our partners are In- developers and designers can esti- established in 2011. One hundred The ambitious goal is expected to tellection.kz and Idea-Lab.kz,” said mate the end product. percent of company’s shares, which be reached with the help of several Marat Shaken, one of the organisers. During its 11-month existence, were previously owned by Samruk The purpose of the project was

start-up projects which have already Zero to One has added eight mobile vanhool.be Photo credit: Kazyna, have been transferred to also explained by the improved products to its portfolio. Among the launched this year. Summer Start training for local engineers and the Kazakh Ministry of Investments productivity. The organisers origi- most popular are Kelin, the anony- Up School (www.thesummerstart- Staff Report service centre employees in order and Development. nally believed they could create mous social network for women upschool.com) and its upgraded to provide technical support for five to six high-quality products a covering basic issues of feminine version nFactorial Incubator (www. Kazakhstan plans to start pro- existing and new bus parks. In three years, the number of year, but with the help of Incubator, health and beauty (172,000 users); n17r.com), opened June 5, require duction of VanHool buses based “After we advanced in techni- Chinese companies operating in it became possible to speed up the Being Beethoven, which tells about participants to develop an exclusive on the technology of the Belgian cal matters, the final part of the Kazakhstan has increased by 35 process and reach the mark of 100 daily rituals of great men and Zero iOS app and gather 10,000 users in company which annually manu- agreement has entered the scene. percent, Director of the Kazakhstan apps. The enhanced efficiency will Willpower, created to block dis- 12 weeks. The progress, as well as factures approximately 1,400 We have also reached agreements Institute of Strategic Studies Erlan interesting photo shoots and final also improve the chances of creat- tracting websites. Karin announced. At the beginning buses and coaches and as many as with Baikonur company to pro- of 2016, there were more than 600 4,000 commercial vehicles. Rep- duce seats and many other compo- Chinese companies, Karin said at resentatives recently held several nents on the spot. The electric tram the annual conference on security meetings in Astana, Almaty and bus, presented today in Paris, has in Central Asia. Most Chinese com- Kyzylorda. a great chance to become a worth- panies, he noted, were registered The total value of the agreement ful alternative to the LRT project Kazcosmos Enlarges on bus construction, which will be in trade and construction. China is in Astana. The coming EXPO in fifth place in terms of compa- based in Kyzylorda region, is 10 2017 would be a good platform to nies operating in Kazakhstan with million euro (US$11.3 million) present this product to the world,” foreign capital, after Russia, Tur- Partnership with Sudan and will be financed by both par- said company commercial director key, the Netherlands and Germany, ties. Gert Van Hecke. sensing system, reported the Ka- The Kazakh side also spoke with “We have created a new bus Van Hool currently leads negoti- which account for more than 9,000 By Azamat Syzdykbayev zcosmos press service. individuals from Mirage, a space enterprises. model with a particularly beautiful ations with the Belgian bank, said The talks centred on ground seg- technology company, the Minister design in hopes that people would Kazakh-based company office rep- A delegation from the World ment research issues, training at the of Telecommunications and Infor- prefer to use public transport more resentative Andrey Kashechkin. First Deputy Prime Minister Aerospace Committee met re- Sunacs base, joint cooperation on mation Technologies and repre- Bakhytzhan Sagintayev summa- often than cars. These buses are The start of the EX-15 model pro- cently in Khartoum, Sudan with various earth surface monitoring sentatives of the Sudanese military also harmless for the environment, duction is scheduled for late No- rised the results of the fifth meeting representatives of Sunacs to open techniques for agricultural purposes academy. The main focus was co- of the Land Reform Commission: as they operate on electricity and vember-early December. negotiations concerning data trans- and creating nanosatellites based on operation between the countries from 2010–2015, the gross inflow don’t produce emissions. The bat- Kazakh participation will rep- mission from the space remote Kazakh experience. regarding space technology and of foreign investments to Kazakh- tery has to be charged at the end of resent one quarter of the total agriculture. Mirage provided a pres- stan from China amounted to more the route and this procedure takes production, said Baikonur head entation on its achievements and than $10 billion, and according to only ten minutes, after which the Temirkhan Kenzhebayev. The op- capabilities. this indicator, China is in fourth bus is ready to drive for the next eration is expected to attract exist- place. In 2016 it planned to imple- The Kazakh delegation also con- 40-50 kilometres. It is also possi- ing car building and automobile ment six projects with the partici- sidered the possibility of selling ble to make the buses adaptable to manufacturers, as well as plastic pation of Chinese investors in the space images from KazEOSat-2 to extremely low temperatures dur- and textile production companies. manufacturing sector for a total of their Sudanese colleagues. They not- ing a winter season, for instance Kazakhstan’s share in the produc- $4 billion. ed the data collected will contribute in Astana,” said company board of tion process is expected to increase to precisely estimating of the quality directors member Ian Van Hool. after the launch of the Kyzylorda A business forum titled “Latvia- of Sudan’s agricultural fields. The details of the future part- glass factory. Kazakhstan” was held in Riga as The sessions ended with the nership were discussed during the Kenzhebayev added the project part of the trade and economic mis- sides signing a bilateral protocol Kazakh visit to the Belgian factory could enhance the level of interest sion of Kazakhstan, which featured on space technology cooperation in Lier. The meeting’s agenda in- of European and American mar- new business contacts and helped between Kazakhstan Garysh Sa- cluded the process of transferring kets to import components made investors search for foreign part- pary and Sunacs. new technologies, new jobs and of high-quality Kazakh glass. ners for access to foreign markets. The event in the Baltic state, or- ganised by Kaznex Invest, Kazakh- stan’s national agency for export and investment, and by the City De- velopment Committee of the Riga First Kazakh Business Channel Presents City Council, gathered representa- tives of more than 15 companies representing domestic engineering, construction, metallurgy, pharma- Live-Streaming Analysis and Breaking News ceuticals and the light, food and projections; exchange rates and to obtain information online. On interviews with exclusive speak- By Zhanna Shayakhmetova chemical industries. Chiefs of the securities markets; precious met- weekdays, we have news and ers at the Astana Economic Forum Latvian Ministry of Transport and als; raw and non-raw material special programmes such as Otra- by means of its mobile television Latvian Railways were introduced ASTANA – The Atameken resources; bank news; stock ex- sli (“Branches”), Aktualno (“Ac- studio and did live streaming of Business Channel, now broad- to the main freight highway and changes; and companies. tual”), In Focus and programmes the Astana Mining and Metallur- casting online and on television passenger locomotives assembled “At the beginning, we decided about markets in different sec- gy Congress, the KADEX Inter- from Astana and Almaty, is the by a Kazakh plant using Alstom’s that we would cover business and tors of construction, agriculture national Exhibition of Weapons country’s first multimedia busi- technology. Meetings were held in finance news and present what and business. Weekend content Systems and Military Equipment ness news channel. the Ministry of Health and Ministry happens in the country and the sit- includes programmes featuring and the Supreme Eurasian Eco- The ABCTV.kz internet portal of Agriculture of Latvia to discuss uation with our economy. We aim test drives, restaurant reviews, et nomic Council meeting. is an information platform with the registration of Kazakh goods to do this quickly and efficiently cetera. For example, recently we “All our projects are unique and the participation of domestic integrated TV, which operates only in live-stream mode, pre- and provide analysis by profes- did a live broadcast of the briefing and we have reporters in all re- companies in Latvia’s government sional experts. The advantage of with [Kazakh weightlifter] Ilya gions. Our country has already procurement. Latvia was the first senting the main news of Kazakh- Yuliya Valiakhmetova, Atamaken stan, the Eurasian Economic Un- Business Channel CEO online television is that the whole Ilyin, as we could not ignore the formed a business society and European country to ratify En- world is watching our channel. doping results,” she said. the media covering the activities hanced Partnership and Coopera- ion (EAEU), the Commonwealth channel dedicated to business, fi- of Independent States (CIS) and We started broadcasting on May The channel is collaborating of our business and popularising tion Agreement between Kazakh- nance and economics. There are 23 this year and we had been closely with the National Cham- entrepreneurship, especially with stan and the European Union. the world. some television channels with Leading business experts, busi- working in test mode for a month. ber of Entrepreneurs (NCE) to commodity prices falling, are of entertainment content and news Our audience coverage is four produce specialised programmes great importance. What do we see Astana’s Department of State ness leaders, government repre- programmes in Kazakhstan. The countries: Kazakhstan, Russia, with professionals in their today in our media? News agen- Revenue and the capital’s branch of sentatives and opinion leaders news agencies are also well de- are invited to participate and give the United States and the United spheres. cies come to the fore because the National Chamber of Entrepre- veloped. But it was necessary to their opinions on analytical pro- Kingdom. This is a good indica- “They provide us with analy- they present information quickly neurs will work jointly to reduce the launch a channel with functions grammes and market forecasts. tor. Our priority is live streaming. sis and know the situation in the and efficiently. Social network- scale of illegal business in Astana, such as informational news with Tengrinews.kz reports. The man- The Astana Times interviewed We broadcast in Kazakh and Rus- regions down to districts and vil- ing is left for comments. People analytics, television and media; agement of both institutions signed head of the Atameken Business sian. We plan to introduce Eng- lages. We also have agreed with are waiting for experts’ com- a memorandum of cooperation to Channel Yuliya Valiakhmetova to three key platforms connected in lish-language content in the near VTB Bank and Sberbank to invite ments on their pages in social create conditions for the support of learn about the channel’s content one to develop into a multimedia future,” she said. experts to take part in some pro- networks rather than waiting until good business. During the meeting and future plans. project,” she said. According to the latest Yandex grammes regarding the bank sec- they come home and watch TV to it was stressed that the two regularly Graduate of the Moscow In- According to Valiakhmetova, metric data, 45 percent of the au- tor. KASE will conduct its own know what happens in the coun- cooperate; however, there still a lot stitute of Television and Radio the channel’s developers studied dience is between 25–34 and 25 programme every day after trading try. When we compare television of room for improvement. Accord- Broadcasting, Valiakhmetova has the experience of foreign channels percent is 45 years old or older. starting from July. We will analyse and news agencies in terms of ing to head of the capital’s Depart- worked as a reporter and in 2012 including Bloomberg, CNBC, and “We collaborate with the the trading day at the end of the day providing information, the agen- ment Abylkair Skakov, it is the time headed the Kazakh TV channel. RBK before starting the project. Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the whole week and make pre- cies clearly win. Today, we want to restart the relationship between Over the past two years, she has The channel covers financial, [KASE]. [Viewers] can get the dictions for the future,” she said. to get information quickly and ef- business and the state’s revenue au- been involved in public relations. economic and political news; information about all curren- In the month since it launched, ficiently; we want to get feedback thorities. “It was time to create a niche analysis; ratings; conclusions and cies and it is important for them the channel has already produced from the audience,” she said. A6 EDITORIAL&opinion

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 International Cooperation in Space Shows French Ways Forward: A View from Kazakhstan Experience here was a time when it was strongly feared The latest addition to this international roll call was the mission to the ISS. In the long run, investment in space re- that space would become the next international U.K.’s Tim Peake, whose safe landing alongside his U.S. search will bring benefits not only in terms of Kazakhstan’s battleground. Following the race to put a man and Russia fellow astronauts got remarkable attention on international stature and relationships, but also through into space, its growing militarisation along with June 18 from the media and wider public. He spent 186 days scientific and engineering advances which can help drive our Relevant increasingT tensions was seen as inevitable. at the ISS, orbiting the earth approximately 3,000 times. As industries back on earth. Thankfully, the very opposite has happened. Down on well as taking part in a variety of research projects, he also But what is happening through the work at the ISS and all earth, sadly, we have seen new rifts between countries and successfully engaged with school children around the world the agencies involved, of course, also symbolises Kazakh- old ones reopened. But above our planet, we have witnessed to boost their interest in science and space. stan’s own determination to promote international coopera- for Kazakh a new era of international cooperation. Major Peake’s space adventure began and ended, as have tion. From our earliest days as a country, we have strived to Nothing highlights this extraordinary and welcome so many of his predecessors, here in Kazakhstan. The Bai- convince the international community that only by working transformation in attitudes better than the International konur Cosmodrome is now the only launch pad for manned together can we hope to overcome the world’s challenges. Dairy Space Station (ISS). The planning, co-ordination and opera- flights, while the wide open spaces of our steppes are the It has not always been a message, despite Kazakhstan’s tion of the station has brought rivals together in the shared ideal place for the Soyuz capsule to drop slowly and safely efforts, which has fallen on fertile ground. There can be too search for scientific knowledge. It has been one of the most back to earth. many vested interests, suspicions and divisions in the way, remarkable – and certainly the most complex – examples of This automatically puts our country at the heart of this but overcoming these barriers is essential to delivering the Development international cooperation. remarkable international endeavour. But our involvement in progress we all want to see. Operated jointly by the space agencies of the U.S., Russia, space exploration goes further than geography thanks to the It is here the ISS shows the way forward. If we can work Europe, Japan and Canada, the station has now become increasing role of Kazcosmos, the country’s space agency. together so successfully in such a difficult environment, it home to astronauts from 18 different countries since the first Headed until his recent appointment as special advisor to the gives us hope for a better future. The space station is the arrived in 2000. It is a research facility where American and President by Talgat Musabayev, a veteran of three cosmo- only man-made structure that can be viewed in space with Russian scientists and members of the armed forces, togeth- naut missions himself, Kazcosmos is forging new partner- the naked eye. Perhaps if we encourage global leaders to er with those from other partner countries, are working to ships with its counterparts around the world. look up more regularly at the night sky and reflect on what’s improve our understanding of the mysteries of the universe This involvement has already seen Kazakhstan’s first been achieved, we might see a new era of cooperation on and how to overcome the challenges of space travel. official cosmonaut, Aidyn Aimbetov, take part in a 10-day earth in the coming years as well. Welcome Tourism Industry Signs By Philippe Amé on Rise in Kazakhstan At a time when, as many oil exporting coun- inter in Astana has its own special attrac- tained an old-fashioned tradition of offering hospitality drink, entertainment, shopping and other goods and ser- tries, Kazakhstan has been hit by the deprecia- tions. But there are very few of us who to strangers. vices was over $1.2 trillion a year. It directly supports well tion of oil prices, the agricultural sector is one live here who don’t look forward to the Expo will follow the 2017 Winter Universaide in over 100 million jobs and many more indirectly. This is of the most promising sectors for the diversi- chance to feel the sun on our faces and Almaty that will see a record 64 countries sending their not a sector any country can afford to ignore and particu- fication of the Kazakh economy. Indeed, the Wthe warmth on our backs. The opportunity to sit outside top young winter sport athletes to compete. Over 30,000 larly one with such assets and attractions as Kazakhstan. potential and the needs of Kazakh agriculture and walk about easily changes the nature of our city and students, spectators, officials and media will enjoy these Our geography may once have put us at a disadvantage have been enlightened in President Nursul- palpably lifts spirits. winter games which will take place in staggering scenery in attracting foreign visitors compared to other regions. tan Nazarbayev’s strategy for 2050 and more It’s not only Astana residents who have been smiling on the doorstep of Kazakhstan’s lively second city. But as prosperity spreads to new areas, an increasing num- precisely the livestock development, which is over the last few weeks now that summer has arrived. The investment to ensure both events are a huge success ber of international tourists come from Asia or the Middle part of the 100 Concrete Steps to implement Walking round the city, it has been notable to see an in- will provide an exciting springboard for the country’s East, while more and more travellers from more devel- the five institutional reforms unveiled in 2015. crease in the number of foreign tourists. Many are from tourism industry. It is being matched with targeted efforts oped markets want to see new countries and places. France, with its world-known experience in Russia or our closer neighbours, but more than in the to enable visitors to more easily enjoy Kazakhstan’s amaz- As part of the country’s drive to reach and inform some agriculture, wants to support Kazakhstan in past have travelled here from farther afield. It’s a very ing natural wonders. of these travellers about the opportunities available here, this ambitious move. French and Kazakh re- hopeful sign for the future. Getting this right, as the government and tourism chiefs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just launched a new lations in the livestock sector have been build- We have, of course, a very long way to go. Tourism are determined to do, will bring huge rewards. Rising app, Kazakhstan: Land of the Great Steppe. Available ing up at a high pace over recent years. In the in Kazakhstan is still very much in its infancy. We have living standards, speedier and easier transport and an ap- from the App Store, Play Market and in a web version, course of the last year, a study financed by the barely scratched the surface in terms of harnessing the petite for adventure is driving a global industry which saw it contains relevant information for tourists as well as in- French government, the Livestock Institute country’s rich potential as a tourist destination. nearly 1.2 billion people make international trips for busi- teractive 3D experiences that enable those thinking about (Idele) and Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agricul- But the increasing number of foreign tourists in the ness and pleasure last year. That is a 4 percent increase – visiting the ability to experience some of our greatest ture was launched to confirm the orientation city is a sign that Kazakhstan’s attractions are finally 50 million more people – than even the year before. landmarks before they reach our country. of Kazakhstan’s master plan for the develop- becoming more widely known. This is potentially a It is big business. International tourism now represents Kazakhstan has so much to offer. At a time when travel ment of the dairy sector. breakthrough year for our tourism industry. 30 percent of the world’s exports of services and 6 percent to an increasing number of places in the world seems Being at the heart of livestock development After all, by this time next year, EXPO 2017 Astana of overall exports of goods and services. In fact, tourism riskier than ever, it is a country that is safe and secure. worldwide in about 20 countries every year, will be in full swing. As well as seeing the latest ranks fourth after fuels, chemicals and food in terms of Add in breathtaking scenery, an abundance of wildlife, a the French Livestock Institute through the developments in green energy and sustainable liv- export value. remarkable history and an outgoing, friendly people, and International Technical Cooperation Bureau ing, visitors and exhibitors will see for themselves The impact on local economies is great. According to we should expect the foreign tourists now enjoying the (BCTI) enthusiastically accepted carrying out a remarkable new capital city with much improved the UN’s World Tourism Organisation, income generated sunshine in Astana will be the advance guard of many this study. Indeed, BCT Ihas all the technical transport links and hotel facilities, but which has re- by international visitors on accommodation, food and more to come. and scientific legitimacy and resources to sup- port this venture and to propose innovative op- erational solutions for the implementation of the master plan. In fact, BCTI has acted as the international technical assistance office of the French Livestock Confederation (CNE) and St. Petersburg Forum Helps Rebuild Trust, has offered a full range of support services to livestock development programs since 2000. The dairy master plan being a major out- come, revealing both a sound vision for the Develop EU-EAEU Dialogue future and a clear willingness of the Ministry here are plenty of clouds on the horizon for can to remove barriers whether it is playing our part in and opportunities from the impact of mass migration to of Agriculture of Kazakhstan to dynamize the global economy, as the World Bank’s latest improving transport routes across Eurasia or forging new the role that drones can play in improving logistics. There the sector, BCTI was happy to contribute to outlook report has confirmed. Looking at what trade partnerships. were also sessions dedicated to how growth can be made facing all the challenges ahead. The study, has happened over the first half of this year and It is against this gloomy background but also with this more inclusive. As President Nazarbayev has said, we mobilising a team of high-level experts in all Tthe risks ahead has forced the bank to cut back again its goal in mind that Kazakh President Nursultan Naz- must ensure that every country and everyone shares fairly relevant fields (husbandry, genetics, veteri- forecasts for global growth it made in January. arbayev travelled to the St. Petersburg International Eco- in rising prosperity. nary, information systems, fodder production The bank is right to be cautious. Political uncertainty nomic Forum. He joined political leaders, senior business But perhaps the dominant theme – rightly for a forum and range management and environmental has increased and is holding back investment and figures and experts from around the world for public, and taking place in a city which represents the meeting of integration), has yielded a wealth of propos- making global markets more volatile. Europe’s hopes private, discussions on how the global economy can be West and East – is the breakdown in relations between als for further development and cooperation. of recovery, for example, have been badly stalled and put back on track. Europe and Russia and how they might be repaired. These proposals will be extensively discussed confidence undermined by the upcoming UK referendum No wonder the Kazakh President called for dialogue Sessions focused on trying to identify a new model for and will be presented officially in Astana on on the so-called Brexit on June 23. between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic the future based on economic co-operation and mutual June 23 in the presence of experts, companies Security concerns and the threat from extremism – Union (EAEU), which brings together Armenia, Belarus, respect. and officials of Kazakhstan and France. This something even a stable society like Kazakhstan has Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. The EAEU clearly offers the foundation for this new study will pave the way to a broader scope of experienced recently – are also helping create a chal- “The EAEU is interested in a strong and stable EU partnership. There is huge scope for removing barriers the huge development potential of Kazakh- lenging environment. And where we should be seeing and wants to cooperate closely with (the 28-nation bloc). between the EAEU and the EU to encourage trade and stan in the dairy sector. increased cooperation over trade, we are seeing divisions Likewise, for Europe constructive cooperation with our give a welcome boost to growth. The long-term aim must Last but not least, subsequent cooperation will be given life thanks to the commitment of and calls for a return to protectionism. integration union is beneficial,” he said at a plenary ses- be to create a unified trading bloc of nearly 700 million 20 French companies of the sector which are Such calls may strike a chord with some audiences but sion of the forum. consumers. potential providers of genetic products, ma- they are not the answer to global problems. It is free trade He further proposed creating “an EU-EAEU forum for It is often forgotten that the EAEU was a concept first chinery, equipment, advisory services and train- that has been the motor for economic growth and rising bringing together experts, scientists and business leaders proposed by President Nazarbayev over two decades ing. These companies federated by BCTI have prosperity right across the world and choking it off will and explaining to them what our union is about.” ago. He has been very clear from the start that the union pooled their commercial offers to respond to all only damage us all. Of course, much attention was paid to participation should be economic in nature and open in character. the possible demands of the future projects. Kazakhstan stands as an example of this progress. The from European Commission President Jean-Claude Kazakhstan, of course, has every incentive and is in an openness to investment and to partnership has been a ma- Juncker, along with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. ideal position to act as an honest broker. The country has The author is a French expert in agricul- The former’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir excellent relations with both Russia and the EU. We have jor reason for the transformation of our country and the tural economics. After 30 years of working Putin attracted much attention too, as it was the first one also been one of the countries outside the dispute over living standards of our citizens since independence. We on international agricultural projects with since the EU introduced sanctions on Russia in the wake Ukraine which has resulted in the tit-for-tat sanctions trade successfully with countries around the globe. different organisations such as the Euro- Like many economies, Kazakhstan too is being buf- of the Ukrainian crisis two years ago. imposed by the West and Russia on each other. These pean Union, the World Bank, the United feted by global forces. But we know that the best way of While the talks produced no breakthrough, the very sanctions are an added burden on the global economy Nations Development Programme (UNDP) overcoming these difficulties and continuing to build a fact that they took place is a step in the right direction. It when it already faces enough serious challenges. and the Food and Agriculture Organisa- prosperous future is by being open, not closed, to invest- is only through dialogue that problems can be overcome Rebuilding trust and relations between Russia and tion of the United Nations (FAO), he is cur- ment and trade. and a new tentative relationship – based on mutual eco- the West will not happen overnight. But small steps to rently the Director of the International Op- Our accession to the World Trade Organisation last nomic gains – can begin to be forged which can bring big improve economic links can play a big part in easing erations Bureau at the French Livestock year is a symbol of our determination to continue along benefits for all countries in the wider Eurasian region. tensions while, at the same time, boosting global trade Institute. this route. It is also why we are determined to do all we The forum agenda covered a wide range of challenges and prosperity.

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weapons. In 2015, Kazakhstan and Japan assumed co-chairmanship of the Conference of the Compre- Kazakhstan Can Help the United Nations hensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the first former Soviet state and proliferation of nuclear and other where they promote its entry into By Ken Fairfax and Larry Napper first predominantly Muslim state weapons of mass destruction. It force, including through confer- to chair the Organisation for Se- helped make possible the Iran nu- ences convened by the UN Secre- On June 28, the UN General As- curity and Cooperation in Europe clear deal by delivering natural tary General. sembly votes to select new non- (OSCE), and it hosted the first uranium to Iran in exchange for Kazakhstan donated to the Af- permanent members of the UN summit in over a decade. As chair, enriched uranium. It is working to rican Union’s programme to fight Security Council. Kazakhstan spurred the OSCE establish a new low-enriched ura- the Ebola outbreak in West Af- A star in promoting a more peace- to shift more focus eastward, an nium bank in Kazakhstan under rica. It has deployed its observers ful world, Kazakhstan deserves a overdue step, and to become more the auspices of the International to the UN peacekeeping missions two-year seat on the United Na- sensitive to security concerns of Atomic Energy Agency. in Western Sahara and the Ivory tions Security Council beginning Central Asian states adjacent to Kazakhstan has a sterling re- Coast. Kazakhstan has provided next year. As much as any emerging Afghanistan. cord in reducing risks at home. In aid for education in Latin Ameri- power it has worked for the com- Kazakhstan is the only Central the 1990s, it was the first former ca, managing disasters in Central mon good in such areas as regional Asian state to have chaired the Soviet state to give up its nuclear America, and developing institu- cooperation, nuclear non-prolifer- Ken Fairfax Larry Napper Organisation of Islamic Coopera- weapons and eliminate their sup- tions in small Caribbean islands. ation, and providing assistance. A tion (OIC), in 2011-2012. During porting infrastructure. It joined the Next summer Astana will host the seat on the Council imposes a re- disgruntlement, Kazakhstan re- tral Asian states and Afghanistan. this time it helped raise over $500 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty EXPO-2017 international exhibi- sponsibility to lead. Kazakhstan has duces tensions by accommodat- Astana has provided over 1,000 million to aid Somalia and encour- as a non-nuclear weapon state. tion, focusing on energy and en- more than demonstrated its will and ing ethnic, national, and religious scholarships for Afghan students aged OIC dialogue with others. Even before attaining independ- vironmental challenges facing hu- capacity to do so. diversity. in Kazakhstan, and humanitarian Kazakhstan organised the Con- ence, Kazakhstan closed the main manity and how to overcome them. Kazakhstan has fostered mod- Kazakhstan is an exemplar aid to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, gress of Leaders of World and Soviet nuclear weapons test site, at It is hard to imagine that any eration at home, developed good neighbour. It has deep ties with and Tajikistan. Traditional Religions and hosts Semipalatinsk. Later it destroyed country only a quarter-century into ties with neighbours, and led in Russia, with which it shares many On a wider stage, in 1992 Ka- its sessions. At last year’s meet- the world’s largest anthrax produc- its independence could do so much regional and global undertakings. traditions and is a partner in the zakhstan led in the creation of a ing, delegations from 42 countries tion facility in Stepnogorsk. for regional and global comity. A From independence in 1991, Ka- Eurasian Economic Union. Ka- pioneering group, the Conference and UN Secretary General Ban Ki- In 2009, Kazakhstan and four seat on the UN Security Council zakhstan has relied on economic zakhstan also has close ties with on Interaction and Confidence- moon participated. The Congress neighbours created the Central will enable Kazakhstan to contrib- openness and bountiful national its other great power neighbour, Building Measures in Asia. With promotes inter-confessional dia- Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. ute even more to its region and the resources to lift itself from poverty China. Together they are improv- 26 member states and 7 observers, logue and seeks to abate religious In 2012, Kazakhstan launched The world beyond. to middle income status. Citizens ing Eurasian transport infrastruc- it enhances communication among strains. ATOM Project, a campaign that from over a hundred ethnic groups ture and speeding trade. To its diverse countries ranging from Kazakhstan has contributed aims to galvanise global public Ken Fairfax and Larry Nap- are treated with respect. Despite south, Kazakhstan has mutually South Korea to Egypt. mightily to global peace through opinion against nuclear weapon per are former U.S. Ambassa- occasional expressions of public beneficial relationships with Cen- In 2010, Kazakhstan became determined efforts to avert the testing and, ultimately, nuclear dors to Kazakhstan.

In August 2015, Thailand organ- the summit declaration, bilateral ised a training course on drug treat- meetings, etc. However, the sign- ment and rehabilitation for the of- ing of the agreement creating the 10 Years under the Flag of CICA ficers of the CICA member states. CICA Secretariat was sparingly CICA Secretariat participated in the the promotion of the concept of se- China, in cooperation with the mentioned. It is the administrative By Gong Jianwei council constitution and establish- curity and the increasing influence coordinating and co-coordinating and technical body established to ment. The constitutive meeting of of the forum and the development countries, will actively implement provide support to member states in Over the last few years, inter- the Business Council of the CICA of regional safety management. documents on cooperation, includ- their activities. national relations have been going was held in November 2015, which The conference, Asia in the Next ing the action plan for the imple- The establishment of the secre- through a difficult period and the marked the official start of work. At Decade – Security and Develop- mentation of confidence-building tariat marked a significant stage of Conference on Interaction and Con- the same time China hosted the 4th ment, included six roundtables on measures in the military-political institutionalisation of the CICA and fidence Building Measures in Asia CICA business forum with partici- topical issues such as non-tradition- dimension during the period 2015- the new stage of development. Dur- (CICA), which unites 26 countries, pation of more than 200 representa- al security, financial security, the 2018 and also the action plan for ing these 10 years, the secretariat found itself at the crossroads of key tives of governments, financial in- construction of the one belt, one cooperation among CICA member has been maintaining close contact global trends, largely determining stitutions and business enterprises road programme, energy security, states in combating illicit drugs for with the chairmanship, assisting the future development vector in from eighteen member states. a scientific development and pro- the period 2016-2018. countries in organising events, pro- not only Asia but also in the world. Photo by Djem China’s initiative “One Belt One duction centre and also the media’s In the upcoming period, China viding information and support for Ten years ago, on June 17, 2006 Road,” which has been promoted role in Asian security. The forum plans to invite member states and workflow, creating databases, sup- during the second CICA Summit, countries, observers and guests. in recent years, fits perfectly, finds was attended by the former politi- CICA observers to take part in the porting the website and so on. was the first time when the docu- China, in its turn as chairman of support and will be implemented by cal leaders and almost 400 leading first cultural exhibition of the Silk The executive director of the ment folders of heads of delega- CICA since 2014, gave a detailed the CICA. The importance of these experts, scholars, representatives of Road, which will take place in Sep- secretariat is in close contact with tions had an official CICA symbol. report for the activity over the last actions was recognised by the head the media elite and public organisa- tember 2016, the third international ministerial officials and authorities And it was also the first time when years and presented its vision of the of the International Monetary Fund tions from 37 member states and art festival of the Silk Road coun- from relevant departments of the the staff of the Secretariat, which work in the next two years. As far (IMF) Christine Lagarde. In Astana observers of the CICA, as well as tries, film festival and so forth to states’ parties as well as regional had not yet been formally consti- as we know, the Chinese chairman- at the end of May, she admitted that a number of countries from outside promote the relationship and coop- and international organisations, tuted, and consisted of only a few ship’s second term begins after the this initiative reflects the need for the region. eration between the human dimen- exchanging views on international persons, took part in organising the ministerial meeting. such integration for successful re- Additionally, the Shanghai Insti- sion of the CICA member states. and regional situations and discuss- meeting. Among the general goals and ob- gional development. tute of International Studies organ- Country coordinators and co- ing several issues of cooperation in Let us recall, in 1992, the initia- jectives for the trade and economic Each country and all international ised five expert forums in March coordinators and all the members the implementation of the CICA tive of the CICA laid a foundation cooperation of the CICA, the prior- organisations starting from United and September 2014, May and of the CICA under the leadership CBMs, at the later stage as well as of new security awareness based on ity is given to cooperative efforts in Nations declare their activities for the December 2015 and April 2016. of the Chinese Chairmanship will development forum, etc. For exam- mutual trust and cooperation. This the promotion of small and medium prosperity of future generations. The Well-known experts and scholars develop and implement confidence- ple, in the last two years the execu- contributed to the fact that bilateral entrepreneurship, trade, invest- Chinese chairmanship’s achieve- from many Asian countries dis- building measures for the imple- tive director took part in more than relations were upgraded to a new ment, infrastructure and transport ment within the CICA was the cussed a wide range of issues of mentation of action plans in all di- 30 events such as conducting the level of equal partnership. A model corridors, telecommunications, sci- launch of the Youth Council (YC), regional security and development, mensions for the period 2016-2018 parallel bilateral meetings, contrib- of regional cooperation was pro- ence and so on. The 21st century after the Chinese Youth Federation the strengthening of dialogue and to achieve their goals. Sessions of uting to the promotion of the goals posed, introducing the priority of with its introduction of innovative meeting in Beijing in August 2015. cooperation and the functions and the specialised agencies are held on and objectives of the CICA and in- security indivisibility, initiative in technologies offers advantages for Representatives of 24 member states development of the CICA. a regular basis during which short- creasing the value and image of the collaboration, mutually-beneficial the implementation of tasks in these of the CICA and the CICA Secretari- The value of such events is not term objectives are considered, so forum. cooperation between small and areas. at took part in the preparation for the in the level and number of partici- that the activities of CICA are not In this work, he was assisted by large countries and the interests of CICA member states make their establishment of the council. pants, but in the need of the wide- periodic, but constant and pre-ar- highly-qualified staff such as CICA the nations’ sustainable develop- best efforts for the development The YC is faced with formidable spread activation of the expert com- ranged. These meetings are held in diplomatic personnel. The adminis- ment were put at the forefront. This of the economic potential of the tasks. It is not only for conducting munity and the exchange of views different countries at their request. trative staff delivers benefit by en- has become an important contribu- region. The entire world knows festive events, festivals and gather- in the understanding of the process- Six meetings were held from mid- suring timely information process- tion to the creation of new interna- that 30 percent to 70 percent of the ings, but also for the research and es leading to global problems. The 2014 to 2016, including one meet- ing and making it available to the tional relations. economically-active population of development of national youth poli- chairman, the member states and ing in Egypt. China will hold the recipients. Sometimes the work is In recent years, politicians and our countries is employed in small cies based on realities. As I noted in the secretariat find the discussions fifth summit of the CICA in 2018 going on till very late and I would experts increasingly and frequently businesses. It produces up to 30 per- 2014, youth cooperation is not just informative and instructive and the in consultation with the incoming like to commend the responsibility emphasise the huge potential of the cent of the gross domestic product a part of public diplomacy and an conclusions are subsequently taken chairmanship. We are also consid- and professionalism of the staff. CICA, which precisely equals co- and by 2020 this share could more important component of bilateral into account in the development of ering the possibility of holding an The CICA Secretariat is in close operation of countries distinguished than double. Therefore, during the relations, it is a real and recognised strategies and specific action plans informal meeting of CICA foreign coordination with the UN Secre- by population, religion, culture, fourth CICA Summit in May 2014 resource development. in various areas of CICA activity. ministers on the sidelines the 72th tariat, UNODC, International Or- economic development, political in Shanghai, it was decided to es- At the first stage of work, YC is In 2017, the Chinese Chairmanship session of the UN General Assem- ganisation for Migration (IOM), order, etc. This potential has been tablish the Business Council of the planning to establish an exchange plans to organise a second meeting bly in September 2017. UN Regional Centre for Preventive realised for 24 years for the sake of CICA. The main task of the busi- of information between national of the NGO forum, as well as regu- The number of member states of Diplomacy for Central Asia and prosperity of every distant corner ness council is to promote the de- youth organisations and coopera- larly conduct forums of analytical CICA is growing and external rela- Economic and Social Commission of the Asian continent. CICA has velopment and expansion of eco- tion in the field of employment of institutions of CICA countries. tionships are strengthening. Bang- for Asia and the Pacific, as well as been established as the platform for nomic cooperation in the sphere of young professionals and entre- It should be noted that political ladesh and Qatar have joined the other international organisations strengthening mutual understand- small and medium-sized enterpris- preneurs, as well as development and security cooperation success- family of the CICA and immedi- such as the SCO, Organisation for ing, dialogue, trust and equal part- es (SMEs), the establishment of di- of youth volunteering. In July, fully continues within the CICA. ately got involved in the activities, Security and Co-operation in Eu- nership between the member states rect contacts and dialogue between Bishkek will host the second con- More and more countries are con- making constructive suggestions. rope (OSCE), the Economic Co- and has become one of the biggest the representatives of business or- ference of the CICA Youth Council, vinced that as a result of the further Belarus got the status of observer. operation Organisation, Heart of parties of the modern system of in- ganisations and public authorities where, we hope, certain decisions deepening of relations of good- Memoranda of understanding be- Asia-Istanbul Process, the Turkic ternational relations, contributing of the CICA member countries and will be made. Among others, the neighbourliness, friendship and tween the secretariats of the CICA Council and Parliamentary Assem- to the maintenance of security and their involvement in the all-round main focus will be on preventing cooperation can effectively protect and the Shanghai Cooperation Or- bly of Turkic-speaking Countries stability in the region. And the re- cooperation. China, as CICA chair- the radicalisation of young people, their own interests, thus realising ganisation (SCO) and the CICA (TURKPA), and also participates in gion is not small – from Southeast man, contributes to establishing which is now one of the most im- the goal of the joint development Secretariat and the UN Office on several meetings organised by these Asia to the Middle East, the Indian mutually-beneficial partnerships portant issues in the world. We are and prosperity. Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) were institutions. Ocean up to the northern seas. between enterprises and SMEs in considering the possibility of the Active work is continuing on signed. In the third quarter of 2016, the As citizens of CICA countries, the countries of the region. Here organisation of the arts festival for the development of the Plan of Ac- Member states continue to ex- CICA Secretariat will finalise the it’s important to know what is being CICA takes a different approach students of the CICA member states tion for the implementation of the plore ways to improve the legal move to a renovated building in done to ensure regional security and – there is no creation of financial to promote friendly communication CICA UN Global Counterterrorism and institutional base for the de- Astana provided by Kazakhstan. In stability and the defence of peace in institutions, funds or banks, but the among our youth. Strategy, which includes the nego- velopment of the CICA, focusing order to ensure effective and com- our land, the joint development of establishment of connections and Over the years of CICA’s exist- tiations between the CICA member on strengthening the capacity and fortable performance for the CICA national economies, cultures and the provision of support for manu- ence, the need for exploiting the states, as well as takes into account effectiveness of cooperation, tak- staff, the Chinese Chairmanship our common future. facturers. And this approach seems potential of the so-called “second the experience and achievements ing into account the official draft has provided furniture and equip- In late April of this year, Beijing correct to us, especially against the track” has been repeatedly dis- of the United Nations Counter-Ter- of the concept on creation of the ment for the new premises. hosted the 5th meeting of CICA background of a prolonged global cussed. The term “second track” rorism Committee. During 2015- Organisation for Security and De- I want to wish all my colleagues Ministers of Foreign Affairs (for economic crisis caused by the col- implies the involvement of think 2016, Kazakhstan held a seminar velopment in Asia, represented by every success in achieving the the first time outside of Kazakh- lapse of financial institutions. tanks, academic circles and in- and lecture for the military experts, Kazakhstan at the end of 2015. goals of the international forum – stan). The purpose of this meeting, Russia, Thailand, Kazakhstan dependent experts. In May 2015, diplomats and military attaches As mentioned above, Almaty the Conference on Interaction and as well as other high-level meet- and Turkey coordinators and co-co- China, as the chairman, held the of the CICA member states on the hosted the second summit of heads Confidence Building Measures in ings of our forum, was not only ordinators of the CICA confidence- first conference of the non-govern- development of military-political of state and government of the Asia. exchanging views on pressing na- building measures in the field of mental forum with the aim of estab- dimension and organised a visit of CICA member states on June 17, tional and global issues between development of small and medi- lishing a network of civil dialogue the participants to a number of mili- 2006. The world’s media actively The author is Executive Direc- the delegations of the member um-sized businesses as well as the among the CICA member states, tary facilities. covered the event and discussed tor of the CICA Secretariat. A8 eurasia&world

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 Slovakia and Kazakhstan Defended Own Development Models, Says Ambassador Juza is expected to visit Kazakhstan in Sediment Removal started work no access to the sea. Each of the the post-Soviet space and Central By Zhazira Dyussembekova early November. Juza used the op- this year on purifying one of the facilities in our country specialises Asian region are not surprising portunity to address the EU visa lakes at the famous Borovoye re- in its field, whether it’s heart dis- for me, but always were objects of ASTANA – Divided by almost facilitation agreement. sort area. The company has a pat- ease, joints, reproductive system, great scientific interest,” he said. 4,000 kilometres, Kazakhstan and “We share the objective of the ented technology, which has been anything,” said Juza. Kazakhstan and Slovakia had Slovakia are each located in the Kazakh authorities to improve one of the most effective solutions. While most of the centres focus similar roads in the 20th century, heart of their regions. Both young, people-to-people contacts between Another successful joint project specifically on health treatment said Juza. former members of big unions, the the EU and Kazakhstan and we are is the capital’s Oftum Centre for without entertainment, Slovakia “Almost the same period of inde- countries keep fighting for their in- committed to cooperating on that Laser Eye Surgery, which offers also offers pure vacation destina- pendence, since 1991 and 1993 re- dependent names. In an exclusive matter. In this regard, Kazakhstan services of Slovak eye surgeons. tions. spectively. Slovakia has chosen the interview with The Astana Times, can fully rely on the support of the “The diagnostics and prepara- “We have wonderful mineral path to enter the European Union, Slovak Ambassador Peter Juza Slovak Republic,” he said. tions are being made by local doc- springs and popular ski resorts of- while Kazakhstan chose the way to highlighted the main aspects of co- The ambassador added Slovakia tors, but the surgery itself is made fering guests excellent European unite with post-Soviet countries. operation between the nations and is closely following Kazakhstan’s by Slovak surgeons and the tech- service at prices no higher than the And it is really important to stress his country’s upcoming presidency candidacy as a non-permanent nology is brought from there, too,” Kazakhstan resorts,” said Juza. that both countries defended their of the European Union (EU) Coun- member of the UN Security Coun- said Juza. The ambassador presented his own model of development. Both cil, as well as shared his priorities Ambassador of Slovakia Peter Juza cil for 2017-2018. Due to the initiative of Slovak credentials to Nazarbayev almost are young countries. We have had and impressions of Kazakhstan. “We traditionally fulfil our re- entrepreneurs, European-level three years ago. similar experiences in creating our Diplomatic relations between priorities earlier for its presidency ciprocal obligations as a responsi- services are available to residents “Establishing and maintaining own statehood,” he said. the countries were established in and the decision of British vot- ble UN member state,” he said of in Kazakhstan. A joint project to political contacts, expanding co- He added there were no cultural 1993. President Rudolf Schus- ers has changed those priorities. the vote that is due June 28. construct a photovoltaic plant in operation for student exchange and political relationships due to ter, who served from 1999-2004, I have to say that Brexit does not Trade relations between Slova- Karaganda is currently under dis- via international programmes and objective reasons. made his first official visit to Ka- mean that the world stops; there kia and Kazakhstan, specifically cussion. direct contacts, making Slovakia “Slovak people are kind, will al- zakhstan in November 2001, when are just new challenges. And Slo- trade in equipment and industrial Slovakia, in turn, buys petro- more recognisable – all of these ways help, will never close a door. an agreement on relations between vakia is set to quickly respond to output, said Juza. chemical products, copper, iron were and are among my priorities Kazakh people have the same the countries was signed. The Slo- the situation as its main goal,” the “In 2014, a major part of the and chemicals from Kazakhstan. here,” he said. “I also wanted to qualities. Despite geographic and vak Embassy opened in the Ka- ambassador said. turnover was in the automobile in- The Central European nation is gather Slovaks who live here, peo- religious differences, people are zakh capital in January 2005 and “Slovakia is ready for an ac- dustry, since a KIA assembly plant also presently working to promote ple who studied in Slovakia, eve- alike,” he said. Kazakh President Nursultan Naz- tive position in changes and mod- is located in Slovakia and those tourism in the country and offer ryone who is somehow connected Juza noted Slovakia has been arbayev visited Slovakia in 2007. ernisation of the European Union. cars were delivered to Kazakh- opportunities for medical tourism to Slovakia in one community closely following the preparation Slovakia is officially assuming Also, the country is ready to work stan. Also, we assemble Citroen by promoting its health retreats to become a bridge between our process for EXPO 2017. Presidency of the EU Council on and will work so that centrifugal and Peugeot. But in 2015, the to- and spa resorts. countries.” “It is assumed that in the near July 1. The country is ready for the force will not be extended and the tal turnover fell by 40 percent due “We offer quality for people Talking about his expectations future we will inform Kazakh au- new post and optimistic about the European Union will stay as it was to the Eurasian Economic Union with health problems. Our tourism and first impressions, Juza said thorities on the possible involve- issues facing the union following and it is now – an important part- launch and mainly the decline was industry targets the middle class that he was not at all surprised by ment of the Slovak Republic in Brexit, said Juza. ner, including the relations with in the car industry,” he said. with affordable prices. Of course, Kazakhstan. this event. Slovakia is heading to “Slovakia is one of the small Kazakhstan,” he said. Cars are not the only goods, it is hard to offer mountains, for “I knew almost everything, since a positive decision regarding its countries in the region and it is our Slovak Foreign and European which the nation offers to Ka- example, for residents of Almaty, I am a specialist in that region. participation in the exhibition,” he first presidency. Our country set Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák zakhstan. Slovak-based Progroupe because we have mountains with Also, I studied in Moscow and said. UNAIDS to Open Manifest Discussed by Leading Experts tegic partner for the EU, said the document emphasises how a world has been paid to the scientific and By Yerbolat Uatkhanov EU’s representative on the ISTC without conflict will require the technical support of seismic moni- governing board Eddie Mayer. He removal of the injustice that is its toring projects and prediction of Subregional Office in ASTANA – From the hydrogen noted Kazakhstan’s favourable po- root cause. It shows all barriers to seismic activity in ISTC member bomb to anthrax, anything that litical and geographical location fair trade and development must be states. could threaten the peaceful co-ex- and its open and accessible posi- lifted, while the principles of inter- The ISTC finances and builds istence of humanity, was discussed tion to the world’s leading scien- national law need to be reaffirmed business links between scientists Kazakhstan; June 20 at the international confer- tists. and respected by all countries. in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, ence devoted to the Manifest “The Kazakhstan occupies first place The ISTC was established by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and World. The 21st Century.” Leading among the world’s uranium ex- the EU, Japan, Russia and the U.S. their colleagues and research or- Director Says Country experts on nuclear safety, support- porters and makes a great contri- in 1992. Kazakhstan joined three ganisations in the EU, South Ko- ed by the International Science and bution to strengthening the non- years later and the headquarters rea, Japan, Norwayand the U.S. Technology Centre (ISTC), met in proliferation of nuclear weapons. are now situated in the capital’s The centre has already funded the Library of the First President. “The World. The 21st Century” Nazarbayev University. Scien- 2,753 projects worth more than $1 Can Eliminate AIDS “The most prominent scientists highlights the importance of ex- tists at the centre are working on billion; specifically in Kazakhstan, are now working on solving the panding and replicating existing security in chemical, biological, 210 research projects valued in problems of planetary scale. First nuclear-weapon-free zones and the radiological and nuclear fields, as excess of $80 million. ISTC-sup- of all, it is preventing the use of a need to modernise existing inter- well as energy efficiency and na- ported projects were used at Fuku- Ahead of UN Agenda nuclear arsenal in modern conflicts. national disarmament treaties. The notechnologies. Special attention shima in Japan. Kazakhstan has a wide experience By Yerbolat Uatkhanov in matters of nuclear disarmament and for us it is very valuable,” said ASTANA – Executive Director U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary- of State for Non-Proliferation of General of the United Nations Weapons Programmes in the Bu- Michel Sidibe announced June 22 reau of International Security and plans to establish a subregional Non-proliferation Simon Limazh. office in Kazakhstan that will be- Countries which have nuclear come a base for working with five weapons usually save them to se- Central Asian states. Sidibe met cure a more important place in the with Kazakh top officials on the international arena, said European matter and stated that the country Union (EU) delegation in Kazakh- has the opportunity to eliminate stan Charge d’Affaires Kamen Ve- AIDS within its borders. lichkov. Kazakhstan abolished the Michel Sidibe, Executive Direc- Michel Sidibe fourth largest nuclear arsenal, how- tor of UNAIDS and Under-Secre- ever, and became an effective state tary-General of the United Nations approach to AIDS treatment,” said with creative foreign policy, he said. “I personally feel that Kazakh- UNAIDS Country Director Alex- The nation is an important stra- stan can be the first country in the ander Goliusov. region to achieve the dream of end- “If we give access to treatment ing AIDS. The political commit- to all people with HIV, we reduce ment and leadership are good. We the possibility of transmission of need to fast-track. I will be very the virus by 96 percent and save happy to come back to Kazakhstan lives as well,” Sidibe said. Kazakh and American Judicial Experts Hold and announce with the government Both experts noted that the cost that there are no babies born with of HIV and AIDS treatment drugs HIV. I would like to [be able to] are very high: $1,500–2,000 per certify that Kazakhstan is free of person annually in Kazakhstan. Round Table Talks on Preventing Terrorism babies born with HIV,” Sidibe said. The government is working on of Kazakhstan’s General Prosecu- people were convicted on charges with people who have returned “The commitment of the Ka- reducing prices, Goliusov said, By Azamat Syzdykbayev tor’s Office and National Security related to extremism and terror- to their homelands from conflicts zakh government is very strong,” to make treatment available to Committee. Supreme Court Judge ism in Kazakhstan. Some of them elsewhere. he said after his meeting with more people with HIV and HIV or Representatives of the Kazakh Kambar Nuryshev noticed that took part in fighting in Syria and Participants agreed that terror- Minister of Healthcare and So- AIDS-related conditions. Supreme Court, the Union of methods used by terrorists tend to Ukraine, said the the representa- ists’ main goal in Kazakhstan is cial Development of Kazakhstan “The UN aims to end AIDS in Judges of Kazakhstan, the U.S. become more and more complex tive of the Prosecutor General’s to destabilise the domestic situa- Tamara Duyssenova. Sidibe also 2030. But Kazakhstan has all op- Agency for International Develop- every year. Office. Stearns admitted that he’d tion in the country, to inflame in- met Prime Minister Karim Mas- portunities to do it much earlier,” ment (USAID) and the American “Unfortunately, Kazakhstan learned about the terrorist attacks terethnic strife and to intimidate simov and other top government Sidibe commented. Bar Association Rule of Law Initi- couldn’t avoid this danger. One in Aktobe just before his flight the population. As a result, it was officials. He emphasised that the UNAIDS is a Joint United Na- ative took part in round table talks of the most dreadful aspects of to Kazakhstan and expressed his decided to deepen cooperation in government finances AIDS pro- tions Programme on HIV/AIDS to discuss judicial practice con- such crimes is that young people, deep concern over the increasing order to counter global challenges, grammes and has put 7,000 people that works to ensure that no one is cerning cases related to extremism who usually haven’t developed a scale and expanding boundaries into treatment. left behind in the response to HIV and terrorism, reported the press solid set of principles and a mature to adjust legislative concepts of The UNAIDS subregional office and that everyone in the world has service of the Supreme Court. worldview yet, turn into victims of terrorist attacks in the world. terrorism and extremism, to re- in Kazakhstan will help ensure that access to life-saving HIV services. Among the participants were easily influenced by the ideology In this regard, he called for joint solve disputable qualifications of people in the region with HIV have The AIDS epidemic has defined judges of the Supreme Court of terrorism. Moreover, what we measures by countries and inter- crimes of this category, to define access to treatment. the global health agenda for an en- of Kazakhstan and local courts, can see now is that modern ter- national organisations to confront common tactics of the struggle and “All people with HIV must have tire generation. Ending the AIDS Federal District Court of Massa- rorism is changing its tactics and these challenges. to continue organising construc- access to treatment, because if epidemic by 2030 is a central part chusetts Judge Richard Stearns; advocating more actively and stra- The American expert also spoke tive dialogues. such people get treatment, trans- of achieving the UN Sustainable Director of USAID’s Department tegically,” he said. He stressed that about effective ways developed in At the end of the talks, Stearns mission of the virus to other peo- Development Goals, the develop- for Democracy, Human Rights the exchange of experience on this the U.S. to combat common calls promised to provide written rec- ple is almost impossible. This can ment agenda that world leaders and Public Administration Bryony topic is vital today. for terrorist acts appearing in so- ommendations on the issues dis- stop the epidemic. This is a new signed up to last September. James; as well as representatives Over the past five months, 38 cial media, as well as how to work cussed. B Nation&Capital

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People Culture Sports Social Activist and TV Presenter National Museum Presents New Kazakh Gold Medallists among Says Success Comes Through Exhibition ‘Outlook into Future: Doping Failures Hard Work B2 Actual Heritage’ B3 B7 Foreign Ministry Presents ‘Kazakhstan – Journalist’s Day: Do You Land of the Great Steppe’ App Have What It Takes to Become Kazakh TV Host? “This often happens at interna- By Dmitry Lee tional events held in Astana, such as the Astana Economic Forum, ASTANA – The English-speak- Eurasian Media Forum and large ing Kazakh TV staff recently un- business and cultural events in- veiled what it is like to be a tel- volving the expatriate community, evision host, the cultural shocks diplomats, foreign officials and of being a foreign journalist in speakers,” she said. the country and who they respect. Kazakh TV targets a versatile The exclusive interview with The adult audience, primarily expatri- Astana Times was conducted on ates living and working in Kazakh- the eve of the June 28 Kazakh stan and English-speaking viewers Journalist Day. abroad who are interested in learn- “The English Service on Kazakh ing about the nation. TV is in charge of the in-house dai- “Since our audience is so di- ly news production,” said interna- verse, we strive to extensively tional information department pro- cover significant events taking ducer and head Lyazzat Shatayeva. place in Kazakhstan, offering a Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov (L) and Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko during the presentation of the application. “We are primarily engaged in the daily gist of general, political, cul- selection of the local and interna- tural, business and sports develop- designed to provide information ments to the quality of the materi- Land of the Great Steppe is a tional news, translation of news By Zhazira Dyussembekova ments,” said Shatayeva. about our country in the modern als. slogan President Nursultan Naz- texts, editing and voice-over.” and interactive format,” said Id- “We hope that our application arbayev first proposed to be used She noted broadcast journalism ASTANA – A new digital appli- Shatayeva noted the crew cov- is not a regular office environment rissov during the presentation, will be useful to all who are inter- to describe Kazakhstan in an infor- ers an event on-site when there is a cation “Kazakhstan – Land of the adding that “it is one of the first ested in getting to know our beau- mal way along the lines of similar with 9-5 hours. need to originally report in English. Continued on Page B4 Great Steppe” was presented June products in the field of digital tiful country and bringing it closer slogans used to describe Japan (as 20 by Kazakh Minister of Foreign technology, which contains unique to their friends and acquaintances, Land of the Rising Sun) and Korea Affairs Erlan Idrissov during his information about Kazakhstan col- both foreigners and Kazakh citi- (Land of the Morning Dew). public briefing. lected in one place.” zens. I am sure that through this The project involved a large The app serves as a digital ency- The trilingual app (Kazakh, Rus- application everyone can discover team of Kazakh and foreign clopaedia of Kazakhstan, covering sian and English) has 68 chapters, many new and amazing facts about experts, including journalists, Kazakh Teachers Begin a wide range of topics, such as the each of which has its own photo Kazakhstan, as we did in the course photographers, videographers, country’s geography, history, so- gallery. In total, there are more of its development,” added Idrissov. graphic designers, programmers, ciety, culture, government, inter- than 370 photos. It also has 24 vid- For Kazakh diplomats, the appli- totalling 80 people and 33 public national relations, economy, tour- eos, 12 3D objects, 20 panoramic cation will be helpful for use during and private organisations, work- Language Training in ism, Astana and EXPO2017. It is photos, 12 interactive 3D graphs meetings and presentations, spread- ing on the product for more than downloadable from the AppStore and 4 interactive 3D maps. ing among compatriots and the Ka- a year. or Google Play Market by enter- Most of the used photos and zakh diaspora abroad. Foreigners The Windows version of the ap- ing “Kazakhstan Land of Great video materials are exclusive and are expected to be especially inter- plication can be downloaded on Move Toward Trilingual Steppe” in the search box. have never been published before. ested in materials about tourism, the official website of Ministry of “The application Kazakhstan The developers have set a high bar investments in Kazakhstan and the Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov.kz) – Land of the Great Steppe was for technical and artistic require- upcoming EXPO 2017. or browsed online. Education of them are studying abroad under By Yerbolat Uatkhanov the Bolashak and Erasmus Mun- dus programmes. ASTANA – More teachers in The National Academy of Edu- Preparations Underway for Astana Day Kazakhstan will be getting second cation is creating a trilingual edu- degrees in English as part of the cation centre, which will monitor country’s effort announced in the the new programme for multilin- spring by Minister of Education gual schools. There are 168 such and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev to schools in the state and the number move towards a trilingual educa- will be increased. tion system by 2019. Teachers in Aktau have started “In general, we shall seriously to study languages. Seven school deal with the pedagogical univer- teachers of English also teach their sities. We are preparing a specific colleagues. programme for them. However, “Teachers now really want to even in 2012, the number of peda- reach a level of language, which gogical universities started to train will allow them to teach in a dif- a new generation of teachers in a ferent language. This a real chal- pilot mode. Kokshetau University lenge. Therefore, English language trains 200 students at the multilin- teachers wrote a plan under which gual department. Over four years, teachers were divided into groups, the educational facility has trained and courses were organised for mathematicians, physicists, chem- them. Now, we are studying to- ists and environmentalists who gether,” School No. 13 Director can teach in English,” the minister Madina Abdieva said. said, according to Kazinform. Transition to the trilingual sys- Head of Educational-Methodi- tem was discussed at the highest cal Service at Shokan Ualikhanov level. In March, Kazakh President Kokshetau State University Saule Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasised Iskendirova said it is necessary to that to speak several languages is prepare teachers and more than 50 important.

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Photo credit: khabar.kz Photo credit: Places to go An overview of events from July should circle the dates for the first man life,” said Library Director By Kamila Zhumabayeva 3-8 includes the Elle Style Awards Turkish Choir karaoke festival at Beisembai Zhumabekov during a Astana opera Kazakhstan 2016 at the Palace of Baiterek Square and the ABK and Central Communications Service July 2 at 9 p.m. La Bayadere, Ballet (at the square ASTANA – Capital Day will be Peace and Harmony (the Pyramid), Muzart concerts at Alau Ice Palace press conference. in front of Independence Palace) more like capital two and a-half Zhan Dosym concert at Congress and Central Concert Hall. “It is symbolic that we mark this July 6 at 6 p.m. Abai, Opera weeks, as an array of concerts, fes- Hall dedicated to the creativity of Various embassies will also take event in the jubilee year of Ka- tivals, sporting events and shows the country’s honoured figure Sei- part in the celebration. The U.S. zakhstan’s 25th anniversary of in- July 10 at 6 p.m. Birzhan-Sara, Opera are scheduled June 20-July 8 to dolla Baiterekov, Astana-Arkau Embassy will offer performances dependence. In over 18 years, the celebrate the city’s birthday on Turkic Music Festival in Astana by Broadway Bound at the Pyra- capital has grown into a big and Gorky drama theatre July 6. The Library of the First Opera Theatre and Serper National mid and the open area near Bait- beautiful city. We have achieved July 3 at 6 p.m. Life that lasts more than President will hold exhibitions and Instruments Orchestra festival in erek Tower. The Italian Embassy great success thanks to the head a century, Concert foreign embassies will be taking the city square, according to the has invited flag bearers to partici- of state. The library plans to hold part in the festivities. Kazpravda.kz. pate in the Samaly Brass Orchestra 10 days of open doors while cel- July 2 at 6 p.m. Romeo And Juliet, “Dear residents and guests of Sports enthusiasts will enjoy festival, according to NewTimes. ebrating the day of the city,” he Modern Direction Spectacle Astana – We invite you to cel- the international kite festival on kz. added. ebrate the Day of the Capital. We Saraishyk Street and figure skater The Library of the First Presi- The library has prepared activi- Kazak yeli square have prepared remarkable con- Evgeni Plushenko’s Snezhniy dent will hold open days July 1-10 ties for the occasion including five certs, spectacular shows and sports Korol 2 (Snow King 2) show at timed with the capital’s birthday. exhibitions with photo documenta- July 5 at 10 a.m. Arkaim – the Sun City, events for you. Do not miss them,” Kazakhstan Sports Palace. Com- “The Day of Astana big festive ry archival footage devoted to the interactive 3D entertainments city read the announcement of the edy lovers will want to attend date is approaching. This year, the life of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Ka- city’s culture, archives and docu- the Konildi Astana humor eve at city turns 18 years old. It is adult- zakhstan’s First President, noted mentation office. Congress Hall, while music lovers hood by age measurements of hu- its website. B2 Nation&Capital people

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 Social Activist and TV Presenter Says Success Comes Through Hard Work with the adaptation period. In tional House of Culture,” she said. team practiced modern choreogra- “Children are an audience you By Malika Orazgaliyeva grades nine to 11, I defended the Answering a question about phy using videotapes of Michael cannot deceive with clothes, school’s honour in city competi- how she became a TV presenter, Jackson and Madonna dancing. words, views, smiles, the way ASTANA – Director of the Mi- tions. I took third place in math- Sain said that everything began When Aruzhan and Zamira this can sometimes be done with loserdie (“Mercy”) Volunteer So- ematics, first in geography. When with “Razminka” (“Warm-up”), went to the 31st TV channel with adults. If they stop watching you, ciety, social activist, actress, pro- it came time to go to a national the first such TV programme in their project, TV producers ac- then you need to finish everything ducer and TV presenter Aruzhan competition I chose geography, Kazakhstan. cepted it and started to broadcast. and get involved in other things,” Sain, 40, is one the most famous because my parents – physicists “People say that it is neces- In 1994, they created a production Sain added. and successful women in Kazakh- and mathematicians themselves – sary to have influential relatives centre, Aruzhan and Co. In April 2006, Sain founded stan. Sain wasn’t chosen for TV insisted,” she said. and profitable connections to be “That is how ‘Razminka’ start- a charity fund through the Save for her connections, but through In Sain’s words, after school, a TV star; actually, I am evidence ed 23 years ago. Perhaps there is Children’s Lives campaign. Her her own hard work and determi- she wanted to enroll in a theatre that this is not the case. It is im- no older Kazakh programme than charity raises money to treat chil- nation, she says. institute, but her father forbade it. possible to deceive viewers. You this. It is both a reason for pride dren who suffer from diseases that “I was six years old when I was Since she had twice won national might be on TV 24 hours a day, and a reminder of our age: we are are incurable in Kazakhstan and sent to ballet. Instead of watch- dixinews.kz Photo credit: geography contests, Sain was able but if you are not sincere, people almost contemporaries of inde- provides assistance to orphanages ing TV and relaxing with girl- Aruzhan Sain to enroll in the geographical fac- will not remember and recognise pendence. I think that for many and child care centres. friends, my mom took me to a ulty of KazGU (Kazakhstan State you,” she said. people, ‘Razminka’ is a sign of The main objective of the fund ballet class taught by Honoured dren do ballet as well, and we ex- University), where the faculty of As Sain explained, the year of her stability: if the morning starts is to be a communication link Artist and amazing teacher Nata- plain to them that it is more than ecology and monitoring had just graduation from school, she won a with it, then everything is well in between those who want to help lia Vikentieva. Ballet teaches you dance,” Sain said in an interview opened, without taking entrance part in a commercial that called for the country. Many of our viewers and those who need help. People everything: how to forget about with Kazpravda.kz. exams. She graduated from Ka- a graduating student. There she met are 30 or even 40 years old. How- can help with money, services, children’s games, to sweat your As a child, Sain spoke only zGU, but never practiced her aca- a girl, Zamira, who would become ever, my favourite viewers are volunteer activities or profes- guts out, to fall and to rise, to Russian, but in fifth grade, she demic profession. her business partner. children. Sometimes, people who sional knowledge, according to learn to live with bloody calluses. asked her parents to send her to “Actually, I worked all the time. After entering the university, meet me in the street say that their the official website of the foun- It teaches you to overcome. … a Kazakh school. “Thanks to the I earned my first money at age 13, Sain met talented dancer Sergei children stop crying when they dation. Thanks to these lessons all things love and patience of the teachers, selling newspapers. At age 15, I Dulesov. Together, they created hear the sounds of ‘Razminka,’” Sain has been given the Altyn become possible. Now my chil- I managed to quite quickly deal was a choreographer in the Na- the ballet, “Divertissement.” The she said. Zhurek (“Golden Heart”) award. Kazakhs Were Involved in European WWII Resistance Movements, New Project Reveals contributed significantly to the re- captured Soviet soldiers turned Quite soon, through various war prisoners from the Kazakh disguised as a German, Zhumani- By Kamila Zhumabayeva search, Voxpopuli.kz reports. collaborators. channels, legionaries established Soviet Socialist Republic had yazov would get into war camps “I encountered this subject for Research is showing that many contacts with maquisards or fought as part of Stalingrad and on his own. ASTANA – Recent publications the first time in November 1994. Kazakhs involved in the French maquis, rural partisan bands of Mongol units. Their fighters suc- Freed Soviet captives remained have revealed more to the general Back then, during a trip to New Resistance movement were for- French Resistance fighters. For- cessfully attacked small Nazi in France until the fall of 1945, public about the participation of York, I managed to meet and mer war prisoners who joined the mer Soviet captives organised es- garrisons, destroying compounds when they started to return home. Kazakhs in European resistance interview two former Kazakh Turkestan Legion and who then capes and helped fill their ranks. with valuable cargo on railway In total, 26,000 Kazakhs were movements during World War II, Turkestan legionaries: Kuntugan escaped from Germans to partisan Among those who escaped and tracks and rescuing captives from repatriated from European coun- in particular about former Soviet Bazilbek and Mukhtar Karabai. units. joined the resistance were many camps of southern France. At the tries, Vox Populi notes. war prisoners who were sent by These were the first interviews “Parts of the Turkestan Legion Kazakhs, according to the Vox end of 1944, they participated in Mendikulova often gets asked Germany to work in France, Hol- with former legionaries in the were moved to Europe in early Populi report. the liberation of Albi, Carmaux, to find out the fate of relatives land and Belgium but did not ac- history of Kazakhstan’s science 1944. The legion’s headquarters Ukrainian Petr Dyachuk and a Toulouse, Montauban, Carcas- who went missing during the war. cept their fate and continued to at that moment. This subject re- were located in the small town of doctor from Shymkent, Akhmet sonne and other towns, the report They send their loved ones’ mem- fight against the invaders. mained banned for a long time,” Albi in southern France. At the Bektayev, headed an under- stated. ories, valuable documents and Kazakhs’ involvement in com- said Mendikulova in her inter- beginning, legionaries were used ground organisation and designed Among commanders of units bat actions in Europe is being view with Vox Populi. in fighting local partisans, but escape schemes for legionaries distinguished by their hero- old photographs. The research studied in the “Participation of The Turkestan Legion were this idea failed, as captives began who wanted to desert from the ism were the Kazakhs Zunum work on Kazakhs’ participation in Kazakhs in the Second World War units of Turkic peoples who to bond with participants of the German garrison, Mendikulova Zhamankulov and Kadem Zhu- World War II continues. Mendi- in Western Europe” project. Pro- fought for the German army dur- French Resistance movement,” said. “For example, if someone maniyazov. Zhumaniyazov com- kulova wants to continue studying fessor Gulnara Mendikulova has ing the war. Many of them were the professor explained. fell seriously ill, Bektayev had manded an intelligence unit. He European archives and then sum- the right to send him to a hospital mastered German and French. His marise all the data she has gath- in Albi. A few people were sent to unit prepared concentration camp ered into one collection of docu- accompany the sick and carry the prisoners for release. Sometimes ments and records. stretcher. On the way to the hos- pital, maquis would pretend to at- tack and take all the captives with them. Together with his associ- ates, Bektayev organised more large-scale escapes. Along with Dyachuk, he managed to smug- gle 97 people to partisans during his underground organisation’s activity.” Former war prisoners pulled off a mass escape from the Albi camp in July 1944. Shortly after, a sepa- rate battalion of Soviet captives and then the first Soviet partisan regiment was formed. In 1944, there were about 50 Soviet partisan units all over

Photo credit: Gulnara Mendikulova’s archive, from Voxpopuli.kz from archive, Gulnara Mendikulova’s Photo credit: France. Former legionaries and Voxpupuli.kz Gulnara Mendikulova, from Photo credit: B3 Nation&Capital Culture

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 National Museum Presents New Exhibition ‘Outlook into Future: Actual Heritage’

By Kamila Zhumabayeva an unusual exterior shape of seven The museum is equipped with zakhstan’s historical and cultural white and green-coloured blocks, modern exhibition technologies heritage. A modern museum is al- ASTANA – Outlook into the Fu- occupies an area of 74,000 square such as a unique curved screen ways about an open dialogue with ture: Actual Heritage opened June metres. President Nursultan Naz- with special content, media floor, a visitor. Everything possible was 23 at the Kazakh National Museum. arbayev opened it in 2014. mock layout of the modern capital, done to make guests of this museum The museum, the youngest and big- The museum’s exhibit area in- numerous media screens, holo- active participants in a conversa- gest in Central Asia, was created two cludes Astana hall, Independent grams, LED technology, sensory tion with history,” director Darkhan years ago in conjunction with the Kazakhstan hall, the gold halls, stalls and trilingual multimedia Mynbai noted on the website’s blog. Cultural Heritage state programme. ancient and medieval history halls guide, added the website. Surveys, Outlook into the Future: Actual Situated on the country’s main and history, ethnography and con- thematic and philosophical trips Heritage was developed with the memory. The goal of the project is whose works are displayed at to- Independence Square, the muse- temporary art halls. The gallery and special programmes such as assistance of Astana EXPO 2017, to popularise the creativity of Ka- day’s exhibition are talented mas- um is harmoniously blended into also houses a children’s museum, interactive activities and game ex- noted the museum’s press release. zakh artists who are better known ters; through their works our coun- a unified architectural set with child creativity centre, two exhibi- cursions are being developed. Works are on display by artists abroad than in their motherland. try becomes known all over the the Kazakh Eli monument, Pal- tion halls, restoration workshops, “The national museum aims to such as Saken Narynov, Rashida “In our history of culture there world. We welcome and are very ace of Independence, Palace of laboratories, professional fund stor- become a modern intellectual cul- Nurekeyeva and Yelena Vorobyo- were different periods. The ex- pleased that our art and our cul- Peace and Harmony, Hazrat Sultan age, scientific library with reading ture institution, a site for analysis, va, each of whom crafts in various hibited works belong today to one ture are developing in all areas and Mosque and Kazakh National Uni- hall, a conference room and souve- comparison, thinking, discussion, mediums and has been involved of the genres of art that refers to a genres,” said Mynbai at the open- versity of Arts. The building, with nir stalls, according to its website. statements and evaluation of Ka- in forming the country’s spiritual period of independence. … Artists ing, according to the press release. Has Sanat Gallery Showcases Astana Hosts Work, Nurtures Talent Concert Featuring the art world and create an artistic and it is always very pleasant to By Kamila Zhumabayeva environment for developing young see them because all the work be- talents. Has Sanat means “true” or ing done at the gallery is done for ASTANA – The Has Sanat art “genuine art.” people. It is very important for us Argentine Pianist gallery in Astana displays an eclec- “All galleries do good deeds. that people visit galleries,” Ense- tic mix of foreign and local artists However, we are not simply a sa- bayeva stressed. to capital residents – but beyond lon or a shop that sells paintings, It has been 10 years since the being just a showplace, the gallery but an actual gallery that works gallery’s major international Altyn Luis Ascot supports the development of art in with artists over many years. Some Gasyr (“Golden Century”) project Kazakhstan, working with artists, of our artists exhibit their works started in 2006. maintaining close relationships here twice or more. We do public “We had a start in Moscow, in

with them and continuing to fol- relations and advertising, and they the city centre. … We were ex- Facebook Photo Credit: low their work and support them. are often covered in the media,” hibiting 100 paintings by Kazakh Zhanat Ensebayeva The gallery has been fully func- she said. artists. Then the exhibition moved tional since 2003. “The gallery’s Has Sanat conducts exhibitions to Warsaw, Berlin, Stuttgart, Mu- well-known Almaty-based artist renovation took a very long time; of contemporary artists and sculp- nich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, The Vyacheslav Lui-ko was launched I came up with its design on my tors. The gallery bonds with its Hague, Vienna, Brussels, and June 6 and is still open, Ensebaye- own. Foreigners come to our gal- artists, watching their growth even other locations. We always exhib- va said. lery saying they have seen a lot of after an exhibition is over and the ited at nice halls and museums and “It’s his first exhibition in Asta- galleries but this is the best in Ka- next is coming up. thereby introduced our country to na and an interesting one. I recom- zakhstan,” Director of Has Sanat “We love artists, that is why viewers,” the director commented. mend seeing it. Every exhibition Zhanat Ensebayeva shared in an this all is genuine and mutual. We In 2009, she arranged an exhibi- that we have is unique and we interview with The Astana Times. also try to attract more viewers by tion in London’s famous Sotheby’s select the artists very carefully. The gallery’s primary task is to working with Astana residents and auction house, where 30 paintings We are always on a high level; we familiarise the capital’s residents guests. About 13 or 14 years ago by Kazakh artists were exhibited can’t fall to the average level or with unique creations by both local just random visitors were here; for a month, with thousands of below. The originality of each ex- and foreign artists of different gen- now we have fanciers of arts who people viewing the work. hibition here must be undisputed,” erations, uncover new names in constantly attend all exhibitions, Back in Astana, an exhibition by she said.

Argentine pianist Luis Ascot. Staff Report “My interpretation of Alberto Ginastera’s music is close to the ASTANA – Argentine pianist emotions that the composer want- and Geneva Conservatory of Mu- ed to invest in his own creation sic honourary professor Luis Ascot when he created it. Primarily, I al- presented a concert at the Astana ways serve the composer and take Opera Chamber Hall June 16 fea- responsibility for the interpretation turing works by Chopin and Liszt of each piece which I play,” said and the Argentine tango. Ascot. Performing on the main stages The concert featured Chopin’s of the U.S., Europe, India and Chi- Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op.48 na, the musician always includes No.1 and Ballade No. 3 in A-flat works by Liszt and Alberto Gin- Major, Op.47; Haydn’s Sonata in astera in the programme, accord- C Major, Hob. XVI / 35; Astor ing to theatre’s press release. Piazzolla’s Angel Trilogy; Liszt’s An outstanding interpreter of Gin- Consolation No. 3 in D-flat Major, astera’s works, Ascot has promoted S.172 and Petrarch Sonnet No.104 the composer’s music throughout his in E Major and Ginastera’s Milon- career. He received critical acclaim ga, Sonata No.1, Op. 22. for his performance of Ginastera’s The event was held with the sup-

Photo credit: hassanatart.com Photo credit: piano works and his Concert No.1 port of the Swiss Embassy in Ka- Has Sanat Art Gellery. for Piano and Orchestra, Op.28. zakhstan. B4 Nation&Capital COUNTRY

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 Kazakh Language Classes 35 Green Buses Launched in Maryland Introduced in Almaty “We have students with differ- ed by Akim (Mayor) of the city ent levels of preparation, but all of Baurzhan Baibek, Director of the them are eager to learn the Kazakh bus company Baurzhan Kulishev language. There are some peo- and Managing Director of Qazaq ple who speak Kazakh and want Banki Igor Zavyalov. to raise their level of language to “We are very pleased to contrib- start reading books in Kazakh. The ute to the development of ecologi- classes are organised at the West- cal public transport in the cities brook Elementary School. It is a of Kazakhstan. Thus, in 2014, the prevailing tradition: on weekends, bank financed the purchase of 200 people from different cultures try new buses running on natural gas, to deepen their knowledge and which are currently engaged in maintain links with their culture,” passenger transportation in the city Photo credit: Khabar.kz Photo credit: said Kazakh language expert Edige of Shymkent,” said Zavyalov. This By Zhanna Shayakhmetova ton, D.C., area or Richmond, Magovin. joint project also creates new job Virginia. Many American institutions of- places. ASTANA – Weekend courses on According to President of the Ka- fer their premises during weekends “The event is socially significant the Kazakh language have begun zakh-American Association Darkhan to cultural centres. not only for Almaty and its citi- in a primary school in Maryland Nurmagambetov, such schools con- “We are very pleased that the zens; it is also a landmark for our with the support of the Kazakh- tribute to the preservation of Kazakh Kazakh-American Association in dynamically developing bank,”

American Association and the Ka- culture, language, traditions and cus- Washington opened this unique Qazaq Banki Photo credit: the top manager of Qazaq Banki zakh diaspora in the U.S. toms among Kazakhs living outside Kazakh language course. This added. Kazakh classes for children the country. The Kazakh diaspora in gives us the opportunity to be as- ronmentally friendly fuel – com- The new vehicles are meant to and adults are offered on Satur- the larger Washington, D.C., metro sociated with our country and to By Aiman Turebekova pressed natural gas (methane). improve the city’s ecological situ- days and pay close attention to area can maintain ties with Kazakh- not forget our culture and tradi- Qazaq Banki has joined the project ation and public transport system. the correct use of grammar and stan, celebrate national holidays and tions,” said Natalia Caryl, who ASTANA – The Green Bus as the funding partner. The project was implemented with style, reported 24.kz. Most stu- practice their native language, thanks has enrolled in the new language Company bought 35 new buses of The official presentation of the the support of Almaty’s Akimat dents come from the Washing- to these enthusiasts. classes. the brand Daewoo that use envi- buses was June 20 and was attend- (the city’s administration). Journalist’s Day: Do You Have What It Takes to Become Kazakh TV Host? Continued from Page B1 dia personality and credibility as only American working alongside transformations going on with the way. It’s crucial to be able to pre- given to the style of information an information source. I often try locals in the capital as a reporter, channel and I am excited for what sent all the necessary information interpretation and accurate para- “It’s a job that requires commit- to find somebody to look up to, I feel a sense of belonging to a the future holds,” he said. in a limited word count and provide phrasing. ment, utmost accountability, work- identify a person who is best at a close-knit team,” he said. the most important information to “Also to ensure a news story’s ing under pressure and overtime similar job in the same industry,” Stanton enjoys the opportunities your targeted audience,” she said. accuracy, we need to confirm the without a guaranteed or measur- she said. he has been given by the network Insider’s Nuts and Bolts While translating and compos- facts. Fact-checking is quite chal- able return on effort. People here Shatayeva noted she admires to meet interesting people and ex- Staff member Dana Omirgazy explained the challenges of being ing news stories, reports, pro- lenging and is a time-consuming are passionate about what they CNN anchors Anderson Cooper plore the culture. grammes and articles in English, process,” Omirgazy said. do, often against all odds. Most of and Becky Anderson “for their a translator in the department. “Working for Kazakh TV gives Omirgazy added it is essential not “Kazakh TV is promoting the their dedication to quality report- strong presence and passion for me the unique opportunity to look “Working as a news transla- only to understand the language country’s image abroad; therefore ing, excellence in performance excellent reporting and cover- deeply into Kazakh politics, cul- tor you simultaneously become a and consider the small differences I feel a great responsibility to per- and ethics comes from wanting to age of serious news,” The Young ture and traditions. In my opinion, journalist. You just can’t translate serve the people, make a positive Turks’ Ana Kasparian and her all- it is one of the main elements one mechanically. In fact, you need to of perception, but also the culture, form my work with dignity in pre- impact and be part of a progressive time favourite, veteran Russian needs to do to understand the per- write news stories in English and linguistics and idioms in the lan- senting life inside the country to change. When people are driven by journalist Vladimir Pozner. spective of the country you are liv- produce information in a specific guage. Particular focus must be foreign viewers,” she said. higher goals like those, incredible “Finding someone to look up to, ing in. For example ‘Global Talk,’ things happen,” said Shatayeva. learning from them, imitating them my television show that I host, lets me break out of the normal office routine and allows me to head to some of the top political events. When I am at these events, I am usually interviewing between six and eight high level managers, heads of companies, entrepreneurs and government officials from here and abroad,” he said. During his first round of inter- views with locals, he felt their initial shock of seeing a foreign reporter conducting news about Kazakhstan, a curiosity he still en- counters from time to time. “But on the other hand, the emo- tions that are portrayed by them are also a sense of eagerness and warmth, as well as an openness The department is composed of until I master the craft and find my to answer my questions and learn translators, editors, anchors and own style is my approach to grow- more about my purpose here. I ing professionally. As Miles Davis voice-over artists. Yet at times, have witnessed the evolution of once said, ‘sometimes you have to “everyone is a reporter, too, when the Kazakh TV platform from the play a long time to be able to play needed,” she added. beginning I started to work here like yourself,” she said. Speaking of hosting her own until now and I can tell you that programme, she admitted the job Kazakh TV has a true willingness is challenging. That challenge, A Foreigner on Kazakh to become one of the top channels however, is not the language. for expats wanting to know about “I majored in English at the Television Kazakhstan, not only domestically university and have spoken it as a Chris Stanton is a foreign jour- but also abroad,” he said. working language throughout my nalist working for Kazakh TV as Stanton feels the essential and entire career. As a TV host, I am a presenter and editor. He blended timely role of the team. on a continuous search to improve right in with the crew. “I believe Kazakh TV’s horizon my presence, voice, pronunciation, “First, when I arrived I felt an is a bright one if we keep on track speech clarity and pace, emotions instant connection with my col- and push out quality content. I am that go with it, likeability as a me- leagues. Even though I am the honoured to be a witness to all the Photo credit: Khabar Agency JSC Khabar Photo credit: B5 Nation&Capital SOCIETY

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 Book Project Enthusiasts Promote Literacy, Love of Reading most common age of our read- By Zhanna Shayakhmetova ers is between 25 and 35, mostly women. The most popular genres ASTANA – With her blossom- are fiction, current bestsellers and ing book project, I Book You, classic literature. Participants also Marina Sharipova hopes to get her bring children’s literature, nonfic- country reading. I Book You (iboo- tion books and books in Kazakh kyou.kz) is a non-commercial pro- and English. The most participants ject about books and readers with we ever had was almost 200 peo- the ultimate mission of instilling ple at one time. They hardly fit into an interest in reading and making the cafe, and almost 1,000 books reading a national priority. More were exchanged,” she said. than 16 book exchanges, includ- The latest I Book You swap was ing the children’s storytelling and held at the My Café restaurant charity event “Blind Date with a with an entrance fee of 1,000 tenge Book,” have been organised in (US$3) or a pack of diapers. The Almaty, Astana, Aktobe and Shy- organisers raised 100,000 tenge mkent since 2014. (US$296.16) and bought 25 packs This year, a book exchange event of diapers for a pediatric oncology will be held July 30 in the capital. Marina Sharipova department. The idea to start a blog about “We have done two charity books came to Sharipova in 2013 write posts, run the social network events with the initiative ‘Be Bet- while she was on maternity leave [and] work on the events,” said ter for Kids.’ Both aimed to help and working as a freelance author Sharipova in a recent interview the pediatric oncology department and blogger. Starting a business with The Astana Times. of the National Centre of Pediat- while on maternity leave is an According to Sharipova, the rics and Surgery. Blind Date with a emerging trend in Kazakhstan. inaugural investment was 3,000 Book was hosted by Esentai Mall. Currently, Sharipova is working tenge (US$9) for the domain We covered the books with brown as an editor at the Look.tm lifestyle purchase. As the organisation of paper and wrote hints for readers portal and is involved in reading events and the blog itself do not about what was inside. The funds challenges and video blogging. produce a significant profit, the raised were used to buy new books “The idea of a reading blog came project’s activities basically can be for children in the department,” to my mind when I thought about called a hobby. Sharipova said. a socially useful project. Initially, Book lovers involved with the Sharipova says she and other I wanted to organise a book fest, project usually meet on Saturday organisers have received a lot of Saule Berdinova Photo credit: (L-R) Aina Dosmakhambetkyzy, Aidana Togysbayeva, Marina Sharipova and Ainash Itkulova. but I decided to start with an online mornings in a city cafe. They ex- letters from participants saying project, and a year later we start- change books, get acquainted with that thanks to the I Book You blog, but I always carry an e-book when why reading culture seems under- the next edition of I Book You ed to organise the book exchange each other, take part in a literary they’ve started reading again. Half I travel,” Sharipova said. developed in Kazakhstan. “When Boxes [gift sets for book lov- events and meetings with readers. quiz and enjoy a morning coffee their readers say e-books are more “Even though there is a high we walk, ride the subway or visit ers], launch a photo project and There are currently four members with friends. convenient, while the rest still love interest in our blog activities, restaurants, we hardly ever see the biggest plan– I can’t tell now, of the team: myself, Aina Dos- “We have constant participants paper books. reading is not a very common or a person reading a book. At the but we hope that it will be some- makhambetkyzy, Ainash Itkulova now who bring books that they “As for me, I prefer paper books popular in Almaty and other cit- same time, we have very ambi- thing very new to Kazakhstan,” and Aidana Togysbayeva. We all took on previous book swaps. The and I have a spacious home library, ies as well, I guess,” she said on tious plans and want to launch she said. Astana, Almaty Host International Special Website Day of Yoga Celebrations Reduces Number of Orphans By Yerbolat Uatkhanov

ASTANA – A website created under the Kazakhstan without Orphans project is hoping to as- sist the nation towards that goal. Usynovite.kz, (which stands for Adopt.kz) established by DOM Social Fund, works to promote all ways of placing children in families, including adoption, guardianship and pa- tronage. The idea was to create an open database of children without parental custody who receive state support in public Tatyana Semyonova institutions. Operating since dren in foster homes, is current- 2012, the website has made a ly the only group with access to sufficient contribution to reduc- the information. ing the number of orphans in the “In 2012, the head of the com- state. mittee Raissa Sher strongly sup- “There is a stereotype in our ported our initiative, giving full society that adoption is very information,” she added. “But difficult and bureaucratic pro- we have problems. Today we cedures take a lot of time that have only part of the informa- it is not worth dealing with. We tion, because it isn’t well pro- make sure that access to infor- vided by regional guardianship mation, including all forms of and custodianship agencies. The placing children with families guardianship and custodianship By Zhazira Dyussembekova After the common yoga proto- Al-Farabi Kazakh National Uni- will be held in Central Park at 9 col, over 250 participants joined versity. Special yoga sessions and am. June 21 was declared Interna- and registration procedures, cre- agencies don’t provide the in- the “Sun Salutations (Surya Nam- Indian cultural performances con- tional Yoga Day by the United Na- ates a correct attitude to adop- formation in time and to the full ASTANA – The Embassy of tion,” said DOM Social Fund askar) – Marathon.” tinued throughout the day at the tions General Assembly and was extent.” India in Astana organised spe- Executive Director Tatyana Se- In Almaty, the celebration was venue until the evening. celebrated for the first time last While the social fund consid- cial events to celebrate the sec- myonova. ers the website “a really good held at the main auditorium of In Karaganda, the celebration year. ond International Day of Yoga in Usynovite.kz has a database tool,” the work of matching chil- Astana and Almaty on June 19. about thousands of children dren and families is a daunting Karaganda is expecting the event without parental custody and one, she added. on June 26. contains responses to questions “The problem is that we have In the capital the celebra- concerning adoption, rights, thousands of children in foster procedures and the duties of houses and we have a number of tion was in front of the Baiterek adoptive parents. Since its in- potential parents. But the parents monument with the participation ception, children without paren- don’t have access to information of 425 people. It started with a tal support have found families. about the children,” she said. welcome address by Ambassa- Led by Aruzhan Sain, the project Usynovite.kz is completely dor of India in Kazakhstan Harsh is supported by Samruk Kazyna operational and at no cost to the Kumar Jain, who also read out National Wealth Fund. government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “We aim to give access and “Some regional guardianship message on the second Interna- not to disturb a child. There is and custodianship agencies co- tional Day of Yoga. no information about the loca- operate with us and the results The Kazakh government was tion of any child at our website. of the cooperation are excel- represented by Serik Zharas- Any potential parent has to con- lent. For example, recently sev- tact a special state body to meet eral foster houses were closed bayev, deputy chairman of the a child,” said Semyonova. in Pavlodar region. This is the Committee of Sports, Ministry The social fund has an agree- result of effective cooperation of Culture and Sports. Ambassa- ment with the Children Rights between the Pavlodar guardian- dor of South Africa Shirish Soni Protection Committee under the ship and custodianship agency and Ambassador of Norway Ole Ministry of Education and Sci- and our organisation. The same Johan Bjørnøy also spoke on the ence. The state agency, which situation is with Almaty region,” occasion. maintains all the data about chil- said Semyonova. B6 Nation&Capital Tourism&EXPO 2017

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 Zerenda: Place to Enjoy Nature By Zhazira Dyussembekova equipment are available for fishing fans. ASTANA – For city residents The name is derived from the who want to escape the urban set- cloven-hoofed animals that once ting for a weekend or visit a quiet lived on the territory, according to online sources. The gazelles were place with picturesque nature, usually called zeren and Kazakhs Zerenda can be a great choice. Lo- referred to the area as Zerenda, cated only 300 kilometres from the “the place where zerens live.” capital, the village is often called One of the popular spots to stay “mini-Borovoye” for its scenic is Zeren Recreation Centre, located views, or as people say, “more on the shores of the lake. It offers calm.” rooms, as well as houses equipped The easiest way to travel to with a kitchen, fireplace, lounge Zerenda is by bus, car or train to and two bedrooms, where visitors Kokshetau, followed by taxi to the can spend time with family and town. Those with cars can initially friends. Prices start at 17,600 tenge drive to Kokshetau or Schuchinsk, (US$52.36) per night for a double then to Zerenda. room, including three meals a day, Part of the Kokshetau State Na- swimming pool and gym. tional Nature Park, Zerenda is one Sunkar Recreation Complex of the most beautiful places in Ak- also provides a wide range of op- mola region. It spans 25-30 by 60 tions. Prices start at 18,400 tenge kilometres and has clear blue lakes (US$57.54) per night for a double and springs, pine and birch groves room with the same services as and poplar and willow basins. While part of the package. walking in the woods, the mountains Visitors may also choose Kara- or the plain, visitors can enjoy crys- gaily Holiday Home. The inn has tal waters, golden sands and lakes tennis courts, a playground, Finn- with wild swans, ducks and geese. ish sauna with relaxation room, bar, A number of vacation homes cafe, fishing, crabbing and boats line the shores of Lake Zerenda for rent. Accommodations can be and hundreds of people visit every in rooms or houses. Prices start at year. Tourists can enjoy hiking and 9,850 tenge (US$29.30) per night Many Zerenda vacation spots mud baths, cedar barrel saunas and massage. It is a great way to not but free the mind and body from horseback trails, while boats and for a double room, excluding meals. offer health treatments such as baths with herbs and a relaxing only see the beauty of Kazakhstan, everyday stress. North Kazakhstan Encourages EXPO 2017 to Host More Diverse Investment, Tourism Ministerial Forum By Aiman Turebekova of the national company at UN- host approximately 3,000 themat- WTO working group meetings ic activities and entertainment ASTANA – The United Na- dedicated to the Silk Road pro- events during a 90-day event. Seeks to Boost Tourism gramme, as well as training tour tions World Tourism Organisa- In an effort to attract foreign “One of the foremost and most im- tau district – including the construc- operators and instructors as exhi- tion (UNWTO) and EXPO 2017 tourists during major internation- By Zhanna Shayakhmetova portant projects for the region is the tion of modern recreation areas and bition guides. plan to hold a joint conference on al events, successfully promote localisation of tractor production and hunting grounds,” he said. “The memrandum will provide ASTANA – North Kazakhstan “Tourism and the Energy of the its tourist destinations as well as agricultural and domestic machinery The region has the largest number a new level of bilateral coopera- develop the Kazakh brand, Yes- region is seeking to maximise its jointly with the Russian Machine- of lakes, totaling more than 3,000, Future” in late June during the tion between our organisations simov met with Marta Blanco, unique potential to develop the ar- Building Plant,” said Mankeyev. and conditions have been created for exposition. More than 150 tour- and, hopefully, will make a sig- general director of Turespaña in eas of agriculture and tourism, the fishing and hunting. ism ministers will participate in nificant contribution to the pro- Madrid. region’s deputy akim (governor) “One of the lovely places for lo- the event, reported the expo press motion of Kazakhstan’s tourism Mukhtar Mankeyev said as he out- cal and visiting fishers is Tarangul office. “Taking into account that brand,” said Rifai. Turespaña is in charge of Span- lined the priority sectors for invest- Lake that is well known for its mag- Astana Expo 2017 Board During the EXPO 2017 report ment and an action plan to develop ish marketing in the world and nificent diversity of fish. In May, the Chairman Akhmetzhan Yessimov presented at the 159th session of both portions of the economy. manages the tourist brand of the event entitled ‘Den Karasya’ (The and UNWTO General Secretary the International Exhibitions Bu- The region plays a special role country that enabled the king- Day of the Crucian Carp) was held Taleb Rifai signed a memoran- reau (BIE) General Assembly in as the country’s major agricultural dom to become a third country with Kazakh and Russian fishers to dum of cooperation between the Paris, representatives stated Ka- area, with a gross agricultural output develop the field of fisheries. We are company and the UN tourism or- zakhstan will unilaterally lift visa in the world for the number of last year amounting to 39.2 billion planning to build new hunting bases ganisation. requirements next year for Ma- received foreign tourists and to tenge (US$115 million). In May, the and develop new kinds of tourism “We believe that this forum laysia, Monaco, Singapore and 35 receive 6 percent of all tourists in administration announced plans to including horse and dog riding, quad held during our exhibition will member countries of the Organi- the world, we hope our strategic attract more than 170 billion tenge bike, fire shows and a lot more,” said become an effective platform for sation for Economic Co-opera- partnership with your national (US$503 million) in investments in Mankeyev. promoting sustainable tourism in organisation will primarily be in 2016. tion and Development (OECD), In June, Petropavlovsk hosted the Kazakhstan, because EXPO 2017 most of which are members of the the sphere of attracting a large Taiynshinski district anticipates first regional exhibition, Kyzylzhar in Astana will be the largest inter- European Union (EU). The deci- number of foreign guests,” said drawing more than 21 billion tenge – Tourism 2016, with the participa- national event next year and the sion will have a positive effect on Yessimov. (US$63 million) for construction tion of 23 representatives from nine UN WTO is the leading organisa- the inflow of foreign tourists dur- The parties agreed to continue of the EFKO SKO and Taiynsha Kazakh and Russian regions and Mukhtar Mankeyev tion in the field of tourism,” said ing major international events in negotiations on issues of mutual Mai oilseed processing plants, a more than 1,000 individuals from Yessimov. Kazakhstan, including the expo. interest with the aim of bringing flour production organisation and “It is a joint enterprise with Pe- North Kazakhstan region. The memorandum envisions At least 5 million visits are ex- the partnership agreement to a construction of a Classic Agro deep tropavlovsk Tractor Plant that is be- The number of tourists from pected at the exhibition that will processing grain plant. Musrepov ing prepared for the plant facilities, neighbouring Russian regions, in- participation by representatives new level. district expects to attract 36.1 billion delivery and installation of equip- cluding the cities of Kurgan, Omsk tenge (US$107 million) in invest- ment and carrying all communica- and Tyumen, recently increased ments. Projects such as processing tion lines for the opening in July three fold. straw into cellulose, construction of 2016. Today only in our region, about “The information materials were a cattle feedlot by Atameken Agro 14,000 vehicles have been operating sent to 85 tourist firms in Astana, Shukyrkol, dairy farms and a mini- Kazakhstan to Expand more than ten years and need to be Akmola region, Kostanai and Pav- elevator built by Priishimsky AF are replaced. By launching this project, lodar and to the nearest Russian expected to begin this year. we are aiming to cover 30 percent regions. The information about “We have a clear plan to attract of the region’s needs for high-power tourist places of Aiyrtau district and Visa-Free List of Countries more than $300 million in invest- machines. The technical characteris- the country’s landmarks was also ments, including nine projects with tics of the tractor are not inferior to broadcast on the national channels. Staff Report international partners during the peri- foreign counterparts, but the cost of The information about tourist fa- od of 2016-2018,” Mankeyev said in the tractor is three times less.” cilities was placed on international This solution to grant more an exclusive interview for this story. The region is known for its in- websites such as Booking.com and countries visa-free regime will in- “Some of the foreign direct invest- viting nature and unforgettable Apartamenty.kz,” he said. crease the inflow of foreign tour- ment projects have already started.” places to enjoy eco-tourism, such as Mankeyev noted the tourism in- “One of the main tasks that has Shalkar and Imantau lakes. Another dustry has the largest multiplier ists during the major international been set by President Nursultan unique location is the Botai village, effect on economic development; event EXPO 2017. Nazarbayev in the 100 Concrete the settlement of ancient breeders therefore, one of the main emphases This statement was made dur- Steps Programme is to attract invest- who are believed to be the first to of the region’s work has been placed ing the reporting of the delegation ments. The attraction of additional domesticate the horse, which is now on its growth. of Astana EXPO 2017, headed by investments is the only way to be a included on the United Nations Edu- “Our region is included in the state Chairman Akhmetzhan Yessimov competitive region. Due to the work cational, Scientific and Cultural Or- concept of tourism development until at the 159th session of the General in a given direction, it is possible ganisation (UNESCO) World Herit- 2020. This fact suggests the possibil- Assembly of the International Ex- to create new jobs and increase the age List. ity to provide higher employment, hibitions Bureau (BIE) in Paris. state budget income, thereby provid- Ensuring comfortable accommo- conserve natural biological resources So, from next year the visa-free ing the overall successful socio-eco- dations for tourists is equally im- and improve awareness of the North regime will be established for 35 countries in the Organisation for nomic development of the region,” portant. Hampton Inn by Hilton is Kazakhstan oblast as a tourist region (L-R) Kazakhstan’s EXPO 2017 Commissioner Rapil Zhoshybayev, Bureau of said Mankeyev. scheduled to open next year in Pe- by using a comprehensive approach Economic Cooperation and De- International Exhibitions (BIE) Secretary-General Vicente Loscertales, North Kazakhstan is placing tropavlovsk. to boosting tourism. This would velopment (OECD), most of them Chairman of Astana EXPO 2017 NC Akhmetzhan Yessimov and Kazakh significant emphasis on attracting “Last year we attracted almost one be done using the cluster approach from the European Union, as well Ambassador to France Nurlan Danenov. domestic and foreign direct invest- billion tenge (US$2.9 million) for in tourism industry development. as for Monaco, Malaysia, Singa- ment, he added. The current period the development of tourism, includ- Schuchinsk-Burabay Resort, Iman- pore Yessimov in his report said that will promote the event abroad and of low oil prices has provided a stim- ing the construction of Green Park, tau and Shalkar lakes and Kokshe- “This decision will have a posi- in conjunction with government establish cooperation with more ulus for developing the agricultural a modern recreation centre, and a tau National Park are included in the tive impact on the inflow of foreign agencies, they are working to en- than 100 tour operators in Ka- region by expanding agriculture pro- European hotel-restaurant complex. Astana cluster and have common his- tourists during major international sure a comfortable stay of tour- zakhstan and abroad. cessing. The Greenwich four-star hotel and tory and cultural attractions, as well events in Kazakhstan, among ists at the exhibition in Astana in “To create favourable condi- A joint project with a Russian Mirage, a premium class restaurant, as are connected to a common trans- which the most important will be particular, by improving trans- tions for the stay of foreign guests Machine-Building Plant to produce were also launched this year. By the port infrastructure. This creates con- the EXPO 2017 specialised exhi- port infrastructure. EXPO tickets in Kazakhstan, the authorities agricultural machinery and construct end of the year, there are plans to ditions for the further development bition in Astana,” explained the sales have already been launched. unilaterally abolished the visa re- a greenhouse complex was also an- implement 12 investment projects in of high-grade domestic and interna- press service of the Astana EXPO EXPO will develop a network of gime for 20 developed countries,” nounced in May. the tourist heart of our region – Aiyr- tional tourism in our region,” he said. 2017 national company. restaurants and food courts that the press service stated. B7 Nation&Capital Sports

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 FC Astana Starts UEFA Champions Kazakh Gold League Qualification in Vilnius Medallists among tory by becoming the nation’s first qualifying round, they will play na’s Manager, Bulgarian specialist By Anuar Abdrakhmanov club to reach the UEFA Champi- Zalgiris Vilnius. The qualifying Stanimir Stoilov. ons League’s group stage where round’s first matches will be held Three other clubs, FC Kairat Al- ASTANA – Four Kazakh clubs they managed two draws with July 12-13, and during the return maty, FC Ordabasy Shymkent, and Doping Failures have entered another qualification Galatasaray Istanbul and two more leg on July 19-20. FC Aktobe will start in the first campaign to reach the Union of in home matches against the tour- “In the Champions League there qualifying round of the UEFA Eu- European Football Associations nament’s eventual quarterfinalists are no weak teams. Our pair also ropa League. As a result of the draw, Champions League and the Eu- Benfica Lisbon and runners-up has no underdogs. For us, it is Kairat will now play Albanian KF ropa League. Last week, the teams Atletico Madrid. important to show our game and Teuta Durress, while FC Aktobe learnt their opponents following The new European season for bring players in peak shape for the face the challenge from Serbian the draw in Nyon, Switzerland. the Kazakh champions will open European challenges,” commented MTK Budapest and FC Ordabasy In 2015, FC Astana made his- in Lithuania where in the second on the results of the draw FC Asta- will play FC Čukarički from Serbia. Fans look forwards to a success- ful performance by Kairat, which last year stopped just a step away from joining the group stage of the Europa League. FC Kairat’s manager Kakhaber Tskhadadze believes that his team has a good chance to pass to the next round. “Our analysts have already started working on gathering as much information as possible to prepare for a challenge from our opponents. Albanian football is very combative, as players al- ways play with passion, which is the case for both the national team Ilya Ilyin and individual clubs. They move forward in football terms, [which By Yerbolat Uatkhanov is why] their national team played “The information about the posi- in EURO 2016. Of course, [Teuta] tive doping test result was like a ASTANA – The International will be no different: they are a se- thunderstorm on a sunny day to Weightlifting Federation (IWF) rious contender. However, we will me. According to the IWF regu- has reported that as a result of the get ready and we must move past lations, all detailed information International Olympic Commit- the first round,” said Tskhadadze. about me specifying every day tee’s (IOC) reanalyses of samples and hour of my life including my from the 2012 London Games, the locations – everything is avail- samples of gold medallists Zulfi- able in the ADAMS international ya Chinshanlo, Ilya Ilyin, Maya system,” he wrote in a post on his Maneza and Svetlana Podobedova Instagram account. Kazakh Boxer Ivan Dychko Trains showed positive results. “I am always available and open “The International Olympic for anti-doping controllers and Committee will consider the issue meanwhile I have passed anti- of our athletes concerning their doping tests twice this year. The with Wladimir Klitschko’s Team medals and participation in the first one was submitted in Poland Olympic Games. If the decision is during the trainings and the sec- spent two weeks training at the Fury, which is contracted to take ing Federation, The International negative for us, we have 20 days to ond one in Almaty,” said the two- By Anuar Abdrakhmanov invitation of Wladimir Klitschko place later this year following Boxing Organisation and The appeal the decision. After that, the time Olympic and four-time world and his team. Klitschko’s defeat last Novem- Ring. decision is sent to the International champion. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s boxer, For Klitschko, the Ukrainian ber and the subsequent loss of Training sessions took place at Federation and only after that will Ilyin emphasised each interna- bronze medalist of the 2012 Lon- former champion, the training in his heavyweight champion titles the Klitschko team’s base in the the final decision be made,” said mountain village of Going in the tional competition starts with a don Olympics Ivan Dychko has Austria was part of preparations from the World Boxing Asso- Deputy Minister of Culture and Austrian Alps. A total of eight mandatory anti-doping test for all returned from Austria, where he for a rematch with Briton Tyson ciation, the International Box- Sport Saken Musaibekov. boxers trained alongside Dychko. The IWF imposed mandatory athletes. He has been submitting to Despite the fact that he was the provisional suspensions upon the the test since 2004 and all his re- only amateur at this gathering, athletes. Under the relevant rules sults have been negative. coaches and fellow fighters noted and regulations, they will remain “I am continuing my training the quality of the Kazakh boxer, provisionally suspended for poten- ahead of the Olympic Games in who won bronze in the 2012 Lon- tial anti-doping rule violations un- Rio and I am planning to fight till don Olympics and is preparing for til their cases are closed. The IWF the end. Our country and sport the 2016 Summer Olympics in said it will assume the results man- management authorities are ex- Rio de Janeiro. agement of the cases and report the erting every effort to clarify this “Everything was top notch. Of current standings of the Beijing re- awkward situation. I sincerely be- course, it was interesting to check analyses as soon as possible. lieve that the situation will find its yourself in sparring against such The results of the re-analyses solution by the end of June,” Ilyin a great and experienced fighter as showed all four athletes had sta- continued. Wladimir Klitschko. …The two nozolol anabolic agents in their “I have time till mid-July to ap- weeks with Klitschko’s team were samples. Dehydrochloromethyl- ply for the Rio Olympic Games. I a great experience,” commented testosterone was found in Ilyin’s truly believe that we can prove the Dychko. He also confirmed that sample and Chinshanlo’s sample absurdity and groundlessness of the date for the rematch with Fury also contained oxandrolone. all the accusations. Apart from the had not yet been scheduled. Musaibekov noted all the sam- decision concerning my eligibil- Ahead for Kazakhstan’s 25-year- ples are considered to be suspi- ity, I want all of you to know that old boxer are final training sessions cious and the athletes can’t be con- I have spent 20 years of my short before he travels to Rio along with sidered guilty. life in a gym, training three times the entire Kazakh Olympic team. “The ministry will help the ath- a day. I have always felt responsi- Dychko will represent Kazakhstan letes. We will stand for the athletes bility for my country, my people, Photo credit: Sports.kz Photo credit: in the heavyweight category (more to the end,” he added. and I have always fought to win,” Wladimir Klitschko (L) and Ivan Dychko. than 91 kg). Ilyin reacted to the news. he said. Kazakhstan Narrowly Misses Promotion in Women’s Volleyball World Grand Prix stan’s team leaders Irina Lukom- zakhstan head coach Vyacheslav Fabrice, who plays in the Italian By Anuar Abdrakhmanov skaya and Nataliya Akilova did Shapran’s team seized the initia- league. By the end of the game, not take part because of injuries. tive immediately and won 15:9 in she had earned 27 points. ASTANA – Kazakhstan just Aliya Baikuldinova was called to the set and 3:2 in the match. Shapran’s team fought hard in missed in its effort to move up to strengthen the team. As urgently The hosts’ most productive play- each set, but the Croatians were Group 2 of the International Vol- hoped for by the Kazakh coaching er was Yekaterina Zhdanova, who stronger in each of the three: leyball Federation (FIVB) Grand staff, Lukomskaya recovered for earned 14 points. Lyudmila Issaye- 25:19, 29:27, 25:16. Thus, the Bal- Prix, losing the crucial match to the final games. Her reappearance, va earned 12 points and Katerina kan team returned to the second di- Croatia during the 2016 FIVB Grand Prix Group 3 Final Round despite a minor injury in the early Tatko 11. vision, from which they were rel- in Almaty June 18–19. minutes of play, strongly enhanced “It was a very tough match for egated last year. Team Kazakhstan During the Group 3 Final Round, Kazakhstan’s performance, espe- us. We relaxed a little bit and lost will once again play in the third winners of the two preliminary cially compared with their loss in concentration after we earned the division. stages – Kazakhstan, Colombia, Cali. 2:0 lead, but we are very pleased “This is a sad day for us. First, a Croatia, and Peru – vied for a sin- With one of their leaders back, that in the decisive set we managed big festival of volleyball ended. It Kazakhstan won the two starting to get together and achieve victory. was a pleasure to see a lot of young gle promotional place. The FIVB sports.kz Photo credit: people watching our games on the World Grand Prix, the largest com- In the first preliminary round (3:0) and Mexico (3:1), but was sets with the same score of 25:20. Big thanks to all the fans who sup- But in facing Colombia, they once ported us,” said Kazakhstan team stands, as well as on television. mercial tournament for women’s (Pool A3), held June 3–5 in Al- beaten by the hosts (1:3). That was again had to contend with one of captain Radmila Beresneva. This means that the development national volleyball teams, has been giers, Kazakhstan won against the enough to secure the Kazakhs the held each year since 1993. the strongest teams in South Amer- In the decisive match for the of Kazakh volleyball is grow- hosts (3:0) and Mexico (3:1) but second place and qualify for the Kazakhstan currently plays in ica. The guests, led by experienced promotion to Group 2, the hosts ing. Second, we lost the final. Of Group 3 of the FIVB Grand Prix, lost to Peru (1:3). Group 3 final, which this year was players like Madeleine Montaño challenged Croatia. From the first course, we gave way to a stronger which is the third tier of the tour- The second preliminary round held in Almaty. and Kenny Moreno, won the next ball, the taller Croatian players team. Thanks a lot to my players nament. The winner of Group 3 (Pool C3) was held June 10–12 In the semifinal, Kazakhstan two sets, 25:21 and 25:18, bring- created big problems for Kazakh- for the great play they showed wins a promotion to the next level. in Cali, Colombia. Kazakhstan again met Colombia. In the previ- ing the competition to a tiebreaker. stan’s defences. Among them was [throughout the tournament],” said Group 1 contests the gold medals. again won twice, against Australia ous meeting of the teams, Kazakh- Supported by home fans, Ka- Croatia’s team leader Samantha Shapran. B8 Nation&Capital capital

Wednesday, june 29, 2016 Astana Art Fest 2016 Focuses on Local Artists, Encourages Digital Creativity

teractive performance. The best craftship, communication and joy. grammes are also expected to be opportunity to meet with the art- “Media poetry is a completely By Zhanna Shayakhmetova design objects and works are ex- We will generate creative energy presented as part of the festival. ists, architects and designers, ask unusual and interesting experience pected to be displayed at the Milan and direct it to produce joint ideas, “We plan to organise an ‘Art in questions and talk with curators in for our country. Demidova and ASTANA – More than 40 artists Furniture Fair and London Design solutions and projects in one space Public Space’ forum. We invite each field. sound artist, composer and musi- and media art leaders from Ka- Festival. and in a short time.” experts on culture and science and “There are schedules to organise cian Oleg Makarov will deliver zakhstan and Russia are slated to For organisers and young art- “We will speak the language of participants of the festival to take DJ sessions of musicians from Ita- lectures and make joint perfor- participate July 4-6 in the Astana ists, the event is an opportunity art, design, architecture and new part in our discussion platform. ly, Germany and Switzerland and mances with any visitor. We’ll also Art Fest, organised with the sup- to make connections with new technologies that we are the no- The main idea of the forum is the local musicians. Our eminent Ka- produce a digital art performance. port of the Akimat (city adminis- people, share constructive ideas in mads and our task is to realise that artist in the city. What can the art- zakh artists such as Almagul Men- Renowned artists and teachers at tration), Astana’s Sun Media and the company of friends and profes- we are an important but not the ist do for the city? Why is art nec- libayeva, Yelena and Victor Voro- Rodchenko School of Photogra- Almaty’s Funk agencies. For three sionals and use human energy for most important part of this world,” essary in the city and what should byevs and ZITABL will take part phy and New Media Alexei Shulg- days, Nurzhol Boulevard in the artistry and development. she continued. “And how can we residents do with art? How does in the event together with young in and Aristarkh Chernyshev in- centre of the capital will become “The main idea of the event is define the volume, quality and val- the artist feel in the city and how artists. We will show high quality tend to present an electroboutique the space in which modern art ob- human energy,” said festival cura- ue of our energy to the other part of do the artists interact? Participants and conceptual things,” she said. digital installation. This year we jects meet an audience. tor and Russian Union of Artists the world? The festival can be one also can talk about their projects. I Moscow-based artists and cura- have invited various professionals, The programme for the open member Yana Malinovskaya in a of the answers to this question.” plan to talk about public art and its tor Elena Demidova will present as we want to study the subjects of air festival includes contemporary recent interview with The Astana A number of new areas will be concept,” said Malinovskaya. a laboratory of digital poetry. She discussion more deeply and give art installations, video, sound and Times. “An urban art festival is introduced this year including A chief curator will lead a press is an author who displays a wide impetus to the cultural develop- street art, DJ sets, street theatre, like a camp of modern nomads digital art, media poetry and art tour twice a day for media and range of approaches to poetry us- ment of the city,” said Malinovs- clowning, pantomime and an in- who are open to the sun, wind, sessions. Several educational pro- guests. The visitors will have the ing computers, sound and video. kaya. Astana Parks Designed for Industrial Production Any Mood and Occasion Grows in Astana the monument. As of May 2015, landscape construction has deep except machinery and equipment, By Kamila Zhumabayeva tickets were 1,000 tenge (about roots and long traditions, accord- manufacture of rubber and plastic US$2.96) for adults and 500 tenge ing to the website of construction products. ASTANA – Summer is the time (about US$1.48) for children aged company KazGerStroy. In the manufacture of food prod- for outdoor activities with friends 7-16. President Nursultan Nazarbayev, ucts, the volume index was 113.4 and family. The capital’s green city When passing under the Kaz- accompanied by more than 5,000 percent. Flour production in- parks are the perfect place for en- MunaiGas building arch towards school students, contributed to creased by 26.7 percent compared joying some alone time. Khan Shatyr, one can see Vlu- the opening of Presidential Park. to the first half of 2015. One can stroll for an hour or blyonnih Park (the Park of Lov- Surrounding the Palace of Peace In construction, there was an more or spend an entire day at ers). Considered one of the most and Harmony, it has become the increase in the creation of doors Stolichniy (Capital) Park. From romantic places in the city, the capital’s landscape emblem and and door sills, windows and metal tranquil gardens with paved paths bronze sculpture of a girl and a another favourite leisure site for frames (190.3 percent), mortars and benches to rides, it is a fun boy gave the park its name. The residents and guests. (150.7 percent). In engineering, place for family outdoor weekend grounds are the perfect site for The park, the city’s largest at the growth of the physical volume leisure. Smell cotton candy, hear wedding ceremonies and photo- 23 hectares, is unique for its hilly of production is mainly due to mixed music and sounds and expe- shoots, while families with chil- surface, fountains, rills, numerous and water supply, according to the the production of other transport By Yerzat Sergazin rience various feelings while walk- dren and couples of all ages can flowers and freshwater ponds that press service of Astana’s Akimat equipment (129.9 percent). ing on the grounds. Residents and also enjoy a stroll. create feelings of harmony and (city administration). In electricity, gas, steam and air In the current year, the volume guests enjoy colourful flower beds, A large fountain with unique ar- contentment. The setting is one of The volume of production in the conditioning, volume of goods and of industrial goods and services in picturesque areas and an amuse- chitecture, benches, flower gardens ecological cleanliness and seren- manufacturing industry increased services amounted to 27.7 billion the capital amounted to 145.5 bil- ment park with a roller coaster and and thousands of trees decorate the ity. by 2.1 percent compared with the tenge (US$81.5 million). The vol- lion tenge (US$428.3 million). Ferris wheel. more than 14 hectares of the park’s The panorama is especially im- first half of 2015 and amounted ume of services in water supply, Since the beginning of the year, Should one tire of walking, the area. Young linden trees, spruces, pressive from above, as its archi- to 113.1 billion tenge (US$332.9 sewerage system, control over the physical volume of production Yessil River offers other possibili- pines, birches, poplars and maples tectural concept becomes clear – million). The growth of volumes the collection and distribution of has increased in the manufactur- ties. Swim or travel on one of the and elms, neither of the last two the image of a Samruk, a fairytale in the industry was observed in waste increased by 23.2 percent ing industry, construction indus- comfortable passenger ships sail- typical for the area, are among the bird and symbol of independence mechanical engineering, produc- and amounted to 4.7 billion tenge ing from the dock near Kenessary species. and life. try, food production, electricity tion of fabricated metal products, (US$13.8 million). Khan monumentto the Radisson All the lawns and flower gardens Zheruyik Park, another of the hotel, Chubary Micro District, were planned and planted accord- city’s picturesque spots, allows Vremena Goda Park and back to ing to German technology, where visitors to rest in the cool shade of its trees and freshness of its grass. Its 21 hectares are filled with 10,000 trees and bushes represent- ing eleven species, includingpine, birch, cottonwood and bird cherry, according to Cultural Map of Ka- zakhstan (culturemap.kz). One of the city’s first projects, the parkwas planned in 1998 when the capital began its transforma- tion, noted the website. The offi- cial opening was in 2008, giving the young plants a decade to grow and become stronger. Zheruyik now has pedestrian and bicycle lanes, benches, sculp- tures and other smaller architec- ture elements. The park is located along Bauyrzhan Momyshuly Av- enue at the intersection with Mag- zhan Zhumabayev Avenue. The availability of essential in- frastructure, convenient driveways and parking lots, proximity to resi- dential areas, magnificent nature and picturesque views make it an attractive spot for a variety of fam- ily leisure activities.