Patience urged before making conclusions. Peaceful protesters are not targets of security operations and have state protection for public assembly.
Watch StatementAmbassador Ashikbayev is one of Kazakhstans most experienced diplomats.
Go to PageKazakhstan and the U.S. maintain a strong strategic partnership.
Go to PageParliamentary elections scheduled for January 10, 2021 will be the first after implementation of President Tokayevs systemic political and election reforms. Read More
The ESPD was reaffirmed on December 4, 2019 and noted continued measurable bilateral successes since First President Nazarbayevs visit to the White House in January 2018. The White House-issued statement identified five areas of focus for the Enhanced Strategic Partnership:
The US recognizes Kazakhstans legacy of non-proliferation and peacebuilding. President Trump noted Kazakhstans membership to the United Nations Security Council in 2017 to 2018, and host nation to the International Atomic Energy Agency Low Enriched Uranium Bank.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev made the decision to change the capital from Almaty to Astana in 1997. Astana was subsequently renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019. President Nazarbayev declared at the new capital's inauguration ceremony, "From now on any major decisions important for the future of the people will be made here in the centre of this colossal country. Now the heart of our motherland is beating here. Kazakhstan is making and defining its history and destiny here and today." Read More
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