+32°C / 22°C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014 No 12 (55) www.astanatimes.com Kazakhstan, South Korea Expand Energy, Industrial Economic, Political Ties Cooperation Agreements Signed During Visit of Italian Prime Minister By Malika Orazgaliyeva After the ceremony of signing bilateral documents, the leaders SCHUCHINSK – Two coop- made a joint statement. eration agreements were signed President Nazarbayev noted that and prospects for expanding co- relations between Kazakhstan and operation in energy, agriculture Italy are developing intensively in and transportation were discussed many areas. during the meeting of Kazakh “Italy is a strategic economic President Nursultan Nazarbayev partner of Kazakhstan in Europe. and Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Italy accounts for 13 percent of Renzi on June 12 in the Burabai re- Kazakhstan’s foreign trade. The sort area approximately 250 kilo- total volume of Italian invest- metres north of Astana. Renzi was ments in our economy is $6.5 bil- in Kazakhstan on a working visit. lion. Moreover, Italy is the largest The two documents signed in- consumer of Kazakhstan’s oil,” he clude an agreement between Ka- said. zMunayGas and Italy’s Eni S.p.A The President also noted that on implementing the Issatay ex- Kazakhstan has high hopes for ploration project and a shipbuild- Italy’s upcoming chairmanship ing/shipyard construction project, of the European Union in the as well as a memorandum of un- second half of 2014, since the derstanding between Kazakhstan’s country is preparing to sign an Ministry of Industry and New enhanced Partnership and Co- Technologies, IVECO S.p.A. and operation Agreement with the South Korean President Park Geun-hye (l) and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (r) discussed expanding economic and political ties. Allur Group LLP. EU. The Kazakh President also The parties also discussed pros- invited the prime minister to By Rufiya Ospanova economic ties and realising her vi- technological cooperation, as well as their positions on key issues of bi- pects for expanding cooperation in pay an official visit to Kazakh- sion for a barrier-free Eurasia. the development of a Kazakhstan- lateral cooperation within interna- oil and gas, transport, energy and stan. ASTANA – South Korean Presi- At a bilateral meeting of the two South Korean strategic partnership. tional and regional organisations. agriculture, as well as in the trade, In turn, the Italian prime min- dent Park Geun-hye paid an offi- presidents on June 19, the main Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev noted that the visit economic and investment spheres. ister expressed hope for further cial visit to Kazakhstan within her directions for discussion were Nazarbayev and Park exchanged of the South Korean president is a In addition, Nazarbayev and Renzi cooperation between Kazakh Central Asian tour on June 18-19, strengthening high-level contacts views on topical issues of the in- significant event for Kazakhstan. exchanged views on current issues and Italian companies. focusing mainly on expanding and expanding trade, investment and ternational agenda and checked Continued on Page A8 on the international agenda. Continued on Page A8 More Engagement, Not Less, Talgar Couple Cares for Needed in Central Asia after Hundreds of Orphaned Troop Withdrawal, Say Children By Asset Kalymov to their home. Over the years, more are painting, dancing and singing kids kept coming to the Baissarin’s in the game room, others are doing Atlantic Council Experts TALGAR – Spouses Tuyak household; some came themselves, their homework in the classroom. The Atlantic Council promotes and CEO. “Energy rich, histori- Yeskozhina and Anuarbek Bais- others were left on the doorstep by To them the Baissarins are guard- By Michelle Witte international engagement with the cally crucial, between China and sarin have raised more than 340 their mothers. Yeskozhina moth- ians de jure and parents in fact and hope of fostering global security Russia – we have to start engaging orphaned children left without ered and sheltered them all. they call them mama and papa. ASTANA – The Atlantic com- and prosperity. Engagement with and studying this area of the world parental care. Theirs is the largest When their standard three-room Yeskozhina’s pre-retirement munity’s engagement with Central Central Asia has been insufficient, in its own right,” he said. The U.S. family, not only in Almaty region, flat became too small for the grow- teaching experience at a kindergar- Asia must be deepened and ex- Herbst and Kempe said, but the has interests in stability, prosperity but also throughout the country. ing family she applied to the town ten and school came in handy. But panded, said Frederick Kempe and council is hoping to help rectify and progress in all of Central Asia, Nur, a family-type orphanage administration, which gave them it’s hard to imagine what a heavy John Herbst of the Washington, this by considering a presence in he says, and there is a need to build opened in 1998, and Yeskozhina, an old kindergarten building. The burden this woman and her hus- DC-based think tank, the Atlantic Kazakhstan as the region heads solid and meaningful relationships its permanent director, try to re- Baissarins, who have raised their band have shouldered by deciding Council, following their meeting into a period of both potential in the region. spond to every child’s outcry for own three sons, thereafter sold to shelter and parent the orphaned with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim growth and turbulence following Not enough is being done, par- help. It all started one day when their Almaty apartment. With that kids. Of course, every parent loves Massimov and Foreign Minster Er- the creation of the Eurasian Eco- ticularly in light of the troop draw- she met a neglected seven-year- money they revamped the aban- his or her children, but few can lan Idrissov on June 9. As coalition nomic Union (EEU) and the troop down, said Herbst, director of the old girl at an Almaty bazaar. The doned kindergarten and opened bring themselves to take other troops are withdrawn from Afghan- withdrawal from Afghanistan. Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu kind woman’s heart went out to the one of the first family-type chil- children into their family, take istan this year, the United States American engagement in Central Eurasia Centre and former U.S. miserable and abandoned girl and dren’s homes in the country. responsibility for their lives and and its partners must find more av- Asia has been primarily focused ambassador to both Uzbekistan after talking with her husband and Nur looks like a big ant hill. enues of non-military cooperation on Afghanistan for too long, said bring them up as decent citizens. and Ukraine. grown sons, she brought the child Children are everywhere. Some Continued on Page В2 in the crucial region, they say. Kempe, Atlantic Council president Continued on Page A3 Bolashak Scholarship Makes Graduates, and Country, Competitive By Malika Orazgaliyeva International Programmes under “a golden page in the country’s the Ministry of Education and Sci- history.” The Bolashak presidential schol- ence, which administers the Bolas- Over 20 years, the scholarship arship programme, introduced in hak scholarships. has been awarded to 10,363 Ka- November 1993, has since become zakhstan citizens, including 6,975 a key ingredient in Kazakhstan’s How would you describe the graduates of the programme. history of independent develop- key achievements of the Bolashak The Bolashak scholarship provides ment as well as an intergral part programme so far? specialists for all economic sectors, of the country’s image abroad. Last year, the Bolashak scholar- according to market demand. In ad- To learn about the current status ship celebrated its 20th anniver- dition to its numerical value, there is of the programme and its future, sary. At the alumni forum in No- an essential effect of the programme we spoke to Gani Nygymetov, the vember 2013, President Nursultan that cannot be measured. President of the JSC Centre for Nazarbayev named the scholarship Continued on Page A2 Tuyak Yeskozhina teaches her adopted children to read. INSIDE NATION ECONOMY & BUSINESS EDITORIAL OPINIONS NATION & CAPITAL New Technology for Cancer, TB Treatment Government Works to Halve Share of Energy Working to Attract More Investors and Stay DOSSAYEV: A Plan of Ambitious But Aktobe Showcases Tourism Potential at Leading to Earlier Diagnosis, Better Results A2 Consumption in GDP A4 Competitive A6 Achievable Goals A7 International Travel Fair B1 Nuclear Fuel Bank Negotiations Reach Final Kazakh-Israeli Agro Forum Expected to Grow BAKISHEV: Partnership between Astana and Integration, Protection, Possibilities, Barriers Stages, Agreement Expected Later This Year A2 Innovation A5 Seoul Will Expand A7 Discussed at CAMCA Regional Forum B1 US$ 1 = 183.50 KZT 1 Euro = 249.23 KZT 1 Rouble = 5.35 KZT A2 NATION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014 NATIONAL New Technology for Cancer, TB Treatment NEWS IN BRIEF The Mazhilis of the Kazakh Parliament recently approved amendments to the nation’s Leading to Earlier Diagnosis, Better Results Criminal Сode that are meant to By Alina Usmanova frequently now, and over the past bacterium and modern methods of many, will be delivered before the was 34,56 billion tenge (US$188.3 prevent extremism, terrorism and 10 years the death rate from TB in TB diagnosis at the National Bacte- end of this year to five high-tech million). Kazakhstan is one of the the spread of radical ideologies. ASTANA – Journalists were Kazakhstan has decreased by 72.8 riological Reference Laboratory. radiation oncology centres of Ka- few countries in the world where all The amendments stiffen penalties shown a day in the life of oncology percent. The Ministry of Healthcare The introduction of advanced in- zakhstan,” said Director of KazSRI cancer and anti-TB drugs are paid for extremism and terrorism and and tuberculosis specialists in Ka- has implemented six screening pro- novative technologies for acceler- Kuanysh Nurgaziyev.