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ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth Astana Economic Forum from May 22 to 24 attracted a record number of participants -- over 8,000 from 93 countries. More than 2,000 international delegates, including 300 guests with top reputations in academics, government and politics, took part in 55 events at the Forum, whose theme was "Global Economic Transformation: Challenges and Perspectives of Development." The notables included current and former...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Attended by the President of Kazakhstan and leading global economists from 80 countries The 5th Astana Economic Forum [http://www.aef.kz ] (AEF) devoted to challenges and perspectives of world economic development in conditions of global transformation, will be held on May 22-24, 2012 in Astana, Kazakhstan. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:...
NEW YORK and ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- KAZENERGY Association will host VI KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum, an influential dialogue platform uniting the entire energy industry and bringing together oil and gas companies. The Forum will take place at the Palace of Independence on October 4-5, 2011 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The VI KAZENERGY Forum will focus on 20 Years of Sustainable Growth, New Horizons of Investments and Stable Cooperation with the Republic of Kazakhstan...
WASHINGTON, April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At their meeting on April 11 in Washington, Presidents Nazarbayev and Obama discussed strengthening the strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan and pledged to intensify bilateral cooperation to promote nuclear safety and non-proliferation, regional stability in Central Asia, economic prosperity, and universal values. Nuclear Security and Non-Proliferation: The Presidents underlined the 15-year track record of close...
ASTANA. Oct 5 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - The policy which the United States is pursuing in its relations with Kazakhstan in the energy sector does not seek to infringe on the interests of other nations, including Kazakhstan's neighbors, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. Rice said at a press briefing in Astana on Sunday after talks with Kazakh Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin that, economic and political relations with Kazakhstan are based on the principle of transparency. One can...
Excerpt from report by privately-owned Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Astana, 17 July: Kazakh Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev does not rule out an increase in the rates of customs duties on the export of crude oil to stabilize prices on the domestic market of oil products. "The amount of [customs] duties should be higher and only then there will be a result," the minister told journalists during a break in the ministry's session with the participation of the...
By Matt Spetalnick ASTANA (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday defended his accusations that Russia was using its vast energy reserves to bully its neighbors but said Washington wanted Moscow to be a strong friend and ally. The stinging rebuke -- delivered at a meeting with Baltic and Black Sea leaders in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Thursday -- prompted the Kremlin to say his comments were completely incomprehensible. "I have not had an opportunity to study the...
ALMATY (Reuters) - U.S. officials said on Tuesday one of their diplomats accidentally steered between vehicles in Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's motorcade, but a Russian media report said he nearly crashed into the president's car. "The president's security guards did not shoot to kill only because the Jeep had diplomatic plates," Tass news agency reported, without giving a source. "(The Jeep) nearly crashed into the limousine of President Nursultan Nazarbayev." The U.S....
By Dmitry Solovyov ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev won re-election by a landslide on Monday, official preliminary results showed, but the opposition in the former Soviet republic alleged vote-rigging. The result means Nazarbayev will rule for another seven years in the vast Central Asian state, a reassuring signal to big oil investors in the United States, China and Russia who have negotiated billions of dollars of contracts with him. Despite the fraud...
