politics
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 28, 2008
Western inertia fuels Russian drive in Central Asia
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) - On a visit to Astana on October 5, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced to the press in a conspicuously diplomatic tone that the United States had no intention of undermining Russian interests in Central Asia or drawing Kazakhstan into the American sphere of influence.
Kazakhstan withdraws troops from Iraq (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
Interview: Kazakh PM commends Chinese premier’s visit, SCO’s importance (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan’s President welcomes Italian PM (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 24, 2008
Astana promotes plan for expanded ties with Europe
(EurasiaNet) - Kazakhstani government officials are touting a “Road to Europe” development blueprint, which aims to strengthen trade ties between Kazakhstan and the European Union, as well as guide Astana’s democratization efforts.
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 23, 2008
Kazakhstan and Russia plan air defense exercise
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) - Shield-2008 will be held in western Kazakhstan as a joint air defense exercise, intended to deter “air raids and missile attacks” on either country.
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 22, 2008
Premier Wen’s visit to promote China-Kazakhstan strategic partnership
(Xinhua) - The Chinese Foreign Ministry Tuesday said that Premier Wen Jiabao’s upcoming visit to Kazakhstan will greatly promote the development of China-Kazakhstan strategic partnership.
Kazakhstan withdraws soldiers from Iraq
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan pulled its soldiers out of Iraq on Tuesday following a five-year stint designed to highlight the ex-Soviet nation’s support for the Unites States.
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 21, 2008
Estonia plans to activate political, economic coop with Kazakhstan (Kazinform)
President Nazarbaev signed Law on Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan (Interfax)
Kazakh PM met UAE President in Shymkent (Interfax)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 20, 2008
Kazakhstan to promote mutual trust between cultures as OSCE, OIC president - Nazarbayev (Interfax)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 17, 2008
Kazakh, Russian foreign ministers discussed 2009-2010 joint action plan (Kazinform)
An anticorruption legal center opens in Astana under auspices of European Commission (Interfax)
Kazakhstan, Russia to hold joint missile defense drills (RIA Novosti)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 16, 2008
Activists say Kazakhs fail to meet OSCE standards
(AP - IHT) - Kazakhstan has implemented virtually no democratic reforms ahead of taking up the chairmanship of a trans-Atlantic security and democracy group in 2010, Kazakh rights activists said.
Kazakhstan plans to enter WTO in 2010 (Kazakhstan Today - Gazeta.kz)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 15, 2008
Rakhatgate scandal continues to haunt Astana
(EurasiaNet) - A recent attack on an associate of Aliyev and reports that a series of high-profile figures in Kazakhstan have become subjects of criminal investigations — probes that are widely seen as linked to the Rakhatgate — have served to bring more unwelcome publicity to the Nazarbayev administration.
State, despite of difficulties in economy, to meet its social obligations in full - Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan Today)
