Nazarbayev Proposes Avenues for Cooperation at Turkic Summit at UN
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+15° / +4°C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 No 17 (155) www.astanatimes.com Nazarbayev proposes avenues for Conference on empowerment cooperation at Turkic summit of Afghan women secures €2 million education pledge Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbeki- By Elya Altynsarina stan Tanzila Narbaeva, Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Altynay ASTANA – The Kazakh capital Omurbekova, Minister for Women hosted Sept. 5 the Regional Con- of Afghanistan Delbar Nazari and ference on Women’s Empower- Special Representative of the UN ment in Afghanistan. It was held Secretary General for Central Asia six months after Kazakhstan an- and head of the Regional Centre nounced the event during a March for Preventive Diplomacy in Cen- 8 United Nations Security Council tral Asia Natalia Gherman. (UNSC) meeting on Afghanistan. “Kazakhstan is committed to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs the speedy establishment of peace of Kazakhstan, the European Un- in Afghanistan and applauds the ion, as well as the Foundation of steps taken by the Afghan gov- the First President of Kazakhstan ernment to improve the status of and the Eurasian Media Forum women, promote gender equality jointly organised the conference. and achieve peace,” read Kazakh Prominent human and gender President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s rights activists, high-level dele- congratulatory letter delivered at gates from Afghanistan, Armenia, the conference by State Secretary Azerbaijan, China, the European Gulshara Abdykalikova. Union (EU), India, Kyrgyzstan, While Kazakhstan is assured the Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghan people and their leadership the UN, the United States and Uz- will manage to achieve lasting sta- L-R: CCTS Secretary General Ramil Hasanov, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Sooronbay bekistan were in attendance bility in the country, the Kazakh Jeenbekov, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Among the female activists, capital can offer a platform to dis- politicians and government repre- cuss solutions and ideas and unite the CCTS to facilitate partnerships emy published more than 90 books dor of Kazakhstan to Iran, Baghdad sentatives were 2011 Nobel Peace efforts. By Malika Orazgaliyeva between CCTS countries. on history, launched the portal Atalar Amreyev the new CCTS Secretary Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, Continued on Page A3 He also underlined the need for Miramasi (Heritage of the Ances- General. ASTANA – Kazakh President cooperation to combat religious ex- tors), which collected four centuries On the sidelines of the summit, Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the tremism, organised crime, uncon- of cultural heritage of our peoples. Nazarbayev also met with Kyrgyz Sept. 3 Sixth Summit of the Coop- trolled migration and drug traffick- We began the sociological research President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and eration Council of Turkic-Speaking ing. project Türkbarometer. We also took part in the opening ceremony of States (CCTS) in Choplon-Ata, sug- The Kazakh leader also urged launched the project, the Modern the Third World Nomad Games in Yiddish Glory tells story of gesting avenues for cooperation and optimising member states’ transit Great Silk Road, in order to develop Cholpon-Ata. noting Kazakhstan’s achievements potential, including utilising the re- cooperation between our countries Nazarbayev congratulated Jeenbe- as council chair. cently adopted Convention on the in the tourism industry. This project kov during their meeting on the Inde- The summit focused on national Legal Status of the Caspian Sea and will allow visiting the historically pendence Day of Kyrgyzstan and the Kazakhstan welcoming sports and youth policy and was at- simplifying tariff and administrative significant and sacred places of our country’s start of the chairmanship in tended by the presidents of Turkey, procedures. countries in two weeks,” he said. the CCTS. He noted the work of the Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. Uzbek He also proposed special projects, At the end of the summit, the four intergovernmental commission and a President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and 100 People of the Turkic World and member nations adopted the concept roadmap signed by the two govern- refugees during Holocaust Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Or- Holy Land of the Turkic World, to of integration of Turkic-Speaking ments. The two presidents also dis- to reconstruct them. Toronto-based bán participated as guests of honour. preserve sacred places. Nazarbayev States, a joint statement of the CCTS cussed bilateral cooperation as well By Zhanna Shayakhmetova producer Dan Rosenberg then “I propose to hold forums of the also focused on improving the effec- heads of state on development of as regional and international issues. helped them assemble a team of CCTS youth leaders, scientific con- tiveness of the Turkic Council gov- cooperation in the field of national A meeting of the Council of For- ASTANA – “Yiddish Glory – musicians to play at concert halls. ferences, seminars, organise expe- erning bodies. sports and youth policy and a joint eign Ministers of the CCTS was held The Lost Songs of World War II,” “One song was written by a ditions to unique historical places Nazarbayev also highlighted Ka- statement on the 90th anniversary Sept. 2 on the eve of the CCTS sum- released Feb. 28, features unique 10-year-old orphan who lost his of the Turkic world. I am confident zakhstan’s achievements as chair of of Chingiz Aitmatov, the late Kyr- mit in Bishkek. The foreign ministers musical recordings created by Holo- family in the ghetto in Tulchin, an- that these measures will bring closer the Turkic Council. gyz writer who is deeply respected signed agreements and documents of caust victims and survivors, mostly other by a teenage prisoner of the our young people and expand their “We paid a special attention to not only in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakh- the Turkic Academy and the Fund women and children, and Jewish Pechora concentration camp and yet knowledge about the cultural pecu- scientific and educational work. stan but well beyond their borders. for Turkic Culture and Heritage, cre- refugees during the war. Hidden another about a Red Army soldier liarities of our countries,” said Naz- Thus, the textbook named the Gen- They also signed the Declaration of ated in 2012 on the initiative of the since 1947, the ballads are now who learns, upon his return to Kiev, arbayev. eral History of the Turks was intro- the Sixth Summit of the CCTS and presidents of Kazakhstan and Azer- receiving standing ovations from that his family had been murdered Nazarbayev also suggested using duced into the school programmes granted Hungary observer status. baijan. Those documents regulate the sold-out crowds. in Babi Yar. These were the people the Astana International Financial of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan The council also appointed Ka- organisational and financial activities The Astana Times spoke with whose voices are rarely heard in re- Centre (AIFC) in cooperation with and Kazakhstan. The Turkic Acad- zakh diplomat, the former Ambassa- of the new institutions. University of Toronto Professor constructing history, none of them Anna Shternshis to learn more professional poets or musicians, but about the project and songs written all at the centre of the most impor- in Almaty, as Kazakhstan became a tant historical event of the 20th cen- home for 2,000 Jewish refugees. tury and making sense of it through As many of the songs do not music,” notes the release on the Six At UN, ATOM Project’s Kuyukov urges have tunes, Shternshis collaborat- Degrees Records website. eight states to act on nuclear testing ban ed with musician Psoy Korolenko Continued on Page B2 victims and his life’s work to ending the nuclear weapons threat. Kazakh-Chinese business “A thousand families, ethnic Ka- zakhs living on the land allocated for the test site, have become hos- tages of radiation exposure. For the forum marks fifth anniversary first atomic test, military builders were preparing the so-called ex- perimental field. A nuclear charge was installed in the epicentre of the of Belt and Road Initiative field. The following equipment was Kazakhstan’s intention to improve its installed not far from the epicentre: By Almasbek Zhumadilov investment climate,” he said. military equipment, tanks, aircraft Nazarbayev noted China National and armoured cars. In many shel- ASTANA – The Kazakh-Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) ters erected, experimental animals – business forum, which took place plays an active role in the Foreign sheep, pigs, dogs, and of course peo- Sept. 7 in Astana, marked the fifth Investors’ Council under the Kazakh ple who lived and worked near the anniversary of the Belt and Road Ini- President. The company is Kazakh- nuclear test site for 40 years, were tiative, announced by Chinese Presi- stan’s strategic partner in developing placed there while nuclear explo- dent Xi Jinping at Nazarbayev Uni- the country’s oil and gas market. He sions were conducted on it. All this versity in the city in 2013. tunity to speak before you today. 1991 at the direction of Kazakh also spoke about the nation’s ambi- was prepared in order to determine Kazakh President Nursultan Naz- tious plans to privatise some of its By George Baumgarten, My voice sounds on behalf of all President Nursultan Nazarbayev. the power of the destructive force arbayev welcomed the more than biggest companies and cooperate United Nations Correspondent the survivors and dead victims of In 2009, the United Nations estab- of the nuclear explosion. My family 300 Kazakh and 150 Chinese partici- within public-private partnerships. nuclear weapons. All that you will lished, at Kazakhstan’s initiative, still remembers how our house was pants in a video message. The head of Regarding investment attractive- NEW YORK – The ATOM Pro- hear today will be another remind- Aug. 29 as the annual International shaken when a radiation wave from state noted Europe-China cargo ship- ness, the head of state also under- ject Honorary Ambassador Karip- er of the bitter experience of Ka- Day against Nuclear Tests.