+1° / +1°C WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2019 No 13 (175) www.astanatimes.com Nur-Sultan hosts capital day celebrations, EU announces raises money for Arys assistance new programmes in Central Asia tral Asia relations as the new EU By Elya Altynsarina strategy takes effect, and it calls for ensuring the integrity, visu- NUR-SULTAN – The European alisation and visual perception of Union’s political commitment and EU-CA cooperation,” said Foreign a set of European Union-funded Minister of Kazakhstan Beibut regional programmes were an- Atamkulov at the 15th EU-Central nounced during a recent high- Asia Ministerial on July 7. level meeting in Bishkek between He said he was pleased Kazakh- Central Asian ministers of foreign stan’s proposals on women entre- affairs and Representative for For- preneurship, small- and medium- eign Affairs and Security Policy/ sized businesses, transport and Vice-President of the European logistics infrastructure, energy Commission Federica Mogherini. efficiency, environmental protec- The announcement marks the offi- tion, combating climate change, cial start of the implementation of and rational use of water resourc- the European Union’s new Strat- es, education and digitisation were egy on Central Asia. reflected in the document. In addition to the existing $1.12 Earlier in its statement, the Ka- billion bilateral and regional as- zakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs sistance for the period 2014-2020, welcomed the decision by the programmes within those worth European Council to adopt the $80.7 billion, the amount available strategy and noted that Kazakh- for the overall international devel- stan equally shares the conceptual opment assistance by the EU to the foundations of the document where world, will also benefit sustainable “sustainability” and “prosperity” development, economic empower- are given a special importance. ment, anti-terrorism efforts, edu- The country sees the new strategy cation, and intra-regional trade in as a potential for bringing EU-CA Central Asia and Afghanistan. relations to a new level, according “Kazakhstan stands for the ef- to the ministry’s statement. fective use of the tools of EU-Cen- Continued on Page A2 Capital Day celebrations Parliament adopts 2019-2021 national Jusan operation sets budget, plans to visit regions example for other countries, Among social legislations are laws information technology crimes, the such as on issues of enforcement By Saltanat Boteu on healthcare, circulation of medi- Kazakhstan-Ukraine treaty on extra- proceedings and the provision of cines and medical devices, regarding dition, amendments to the agreement public services. says UN official NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Mazhi- employment and amendments on between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan According to Nigmatulin, depu- ing comprehensive assistance lis (lower house of Parliament) Chair housing relations. on border crossing points, amend- ties of both houses of Parliament By Assel Satubaldina to the children and women re- Nurlan Nigmatulin summed up July The chair stressed that the most ments to the convention on informa- sent 319 deputy requests to the Gov- turned from the zone of the con- 5 the work of the deputies in the important laws adopted during the tion access and public participation ernment over the past session. The NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s flict, while the men are being fourth session of the sixth convoca- session were the national budget for in the decision-making process on Parliament received approximately Jusan operation, which returned prosecuted for participating in tion at the joint meeting of chambers 2019-2021, which primarily focuses matters relating to the environment. 7,000 appeals from citizens during nearly 600 citizens from Syria, a foreign war. The efforts set an of Parliament in the capital. The Par- on social tasks’ implementation. The Chairman of the Majilis noted the session, all of which were consid- is an excellent example for other unprecedented example, though liament adopted social and economic The redistribution of the expendi- the law on the transfer of functions ered in accordance with the legisla- countries to follow, said United “risking quite a lot of problems,” legislation and the national budget ture side of the budget was carried of central and local executive bodies tion. The deputies visited more than Nations Committee on the Rights Winter said. for 2019-2021. out in the following areas. The Par- to a competitive environment, which 2,000 settlements. of the Child Chair Renate Win- “Jumping into cold water with- liament allocated 89.2 billion tenge expands the ability of citizens to par- The chair also mentioned other is- Nigmatulin stressed that during ter in an exclusive interview with out any experience in dealing (US$232.19 million) for implemen- ticipate in the decision-making process sues to be solved. Among them are the work of the session, the depu- The Astana Times. with such difficult, really diffi- ties focused primarily on the strate- tation of the presidential decree on through the development of a self-gov- the lack of effectiveness in planning During several stages of the measures to reduce the debt burden ernment system. the legislative work of the govern- cult cases, difficult situations and gic guidelines formulated by First humanitarian operation, conduct- of citizens of Kazakhstan, who find “Every law gives impetus to the ment. He said that the bills received getting people home, no other Kazakh President Nursultan Naz- ed from January through June, arbayev at the opening session in themselves in a difficult life situa- development of our country and the from the government do not meet the country has done that in such an a total of 595 Kazakh citizens, September last year and his state-of- tion, 138.6 billion tenge (US$360.77 improvement of the quality of life of high requirements. He also drew at- amount and so quickly as Ka- the-nation address to the people of million) for the expansion of existing the population. And most important- tention to the late submission of con- including 406 children, among zakhstan. When other countries Kazakhstan. measures to provide employment ly, every adopted law is designed to clusions by the government to the them 31 orphans, 156 women also started to do it, it was slowly The initiative of Kazakh President and support for low-income, large support and protect all citizens,” said amendments of the deputies. and 33 men were returned to the and reluctantly, but Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on state families and young people, 72.2 bil- Nigmatulin. After the session is closed, parlia- country. The name of the opera- went and did it. For that, I think support of the socially vulnerable lion tenge (US$187.93 million) to in- He also noted the deputies not mentarians will travel to the regions tion, Jusan, is translated as bitter one really has to congratulate population gave an additional impe- crease the reserve of the government, only work with government bills, but to meet with the public. wormwood from Kazakh. It re- somebody and, in this case, Ka- tus to the legislative activity, he said. part of which will be sent to elimi- also exercise their right of legislative “The session ends, but there are fers to a plant widely spread in zakhstan,” she added. Among the economic laws re- nate consequences of an emergency initiative. In particular, the deputies trips to the regions to meet with the the Kazakh steppes and its spe- The majority of the returnees viewed and adopted for the imple- situation in Arys. initiated laws on the activities of or- population. The proposals that will cific and pleasant smell is syn- are children and the operation Along with the adoption of ganisations performing the functions be made during these meetings, we mentation of these large-scale ini- onymous for Kazakhs with their also included their mothers. tiatives are laws on economic issues budgetary amendments, Mazhilis of protecting the rights of children, as should take into account in our fur- ancestral home. such as on natural monopolies, on deputies started work on new leg- well as on the civil service and com- ther legislative work. Such meetings The country has been provid- Continued on Page B2 standardisation, on special economic islation, including an agreement on bating corruption. are an important part of our work. and industrial zones and on transport cooperation of the Commonwealth The deputies are working on bills Feedback from the population is very issues. Independent States in combating initiated by deputies of Parliament, important for us,” said Nigmatulin. Lutsenko wins gold in Kazakhstan ratifies Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons The treaty must be signed and rati- United Nations General Assembly with signatures reaching the office individual, group races at By Dilshat Zhussupova fied by at least 50 countries to come and received the Nuclear-Free Fu- ceiling.” into effect. Seventy countries have ture Award Oct. 24 from the Franz Kazakhstan recently assumed the NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Presi- signed the treaty and 24 have ratified Moll Foundation for the Coming chairmanship of the 48-member dent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev it. Kazakhstan signed and ratified Generations. multilateral export control regime cycling championships signed the law July 3 ratifying the the treaty March 2, 2018 and July 3, “It really was an honour to partici- Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Championships individual race in Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear respectively. pate in the anti-nuclear movement, with Kazakh Permanent Representa- Staff Report 49:50, followed by Dmitry Gru- Weapons, reported Akorda.kz. One and a-half million people having been born in the village tive to the International Organisa- zdev (1:10:00) and Daniil Fom- Nuclear weapons, unlike chemi- suffered from the 456 nuclear tests called Yegindibulak, located 100 tions in Vienna Kairat Sarybay serv- NUR-SULTAN – Astana Pro inykh (1:31:00).