KASSYM JOMART TOKAYEV

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are planning to create a joint venture in the railway sector.

As Trend reports, the presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed their support for the initiative to create this joint venture.

It is assumed that the management of the enterprise will be carried out jointly by the railway administrations of the two countries.

The volume of transportation of Kazakh oil for export from the port of Aktau amounted to 3.376 million tons from January through 2023, which is 1.108 million tons more than the same period in 2022, stated KazTransOil JSC - the oil pipeline company of the Republic of Kazakhstan that provides services for transporting oil to the domestic market, for transit purposes, and for export.

Dear Compatriots, Distinguished Members of Parliament and Members of the Government,

In accordance with Article 59 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, I declare the second session of the Parliament of the VIII convocation open.

Dear Members of Parliament,

Congratulations to all of you on the opening of this next session, and I wish you success in your responsible endeavors!

On Sunday, the President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev will hold a meeting of the Security Council, at which the situation in Russia will be discussed. The press service of the President of Kazakhstan announced that the President will listen to the reports of the heads of the law enforcement agencies on the measures taken and the implementation of his instructions in connection with the situation in Russia.

Kazakhstan accounts for 80 percent of the transit land shipments along the China-Europe route, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during his meeting with Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an expanded format, Trend reports.

Kazakhstan's national company, KazTransOil JSC increased oil exports to the Baku Port by 75 percent month-on-month in April 2023, Trend reports via the company.

Kazakhstan continues the work on laying a fiber-optic communication line (FOCL) along the bottom of the Caspian Sea, which will link Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, Kuanyshbek Yessekeyev, Chairman of the Board of Kazakhtelecom, said, Trend reports, citing the press service of the President.

The statement was made during the meeting between Kuanyshbek Yessekeyev and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan.

The diversified economy has never been created in Kazakhstan, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a meeting with businessmen, Trend reports with reference to Kazakh media.

"It is possible to conditionally single out two economic turning points,” President Tokayev said. "The first is the transition from the planned economy to the market economy. While experiencing major shocks and suffering losses, Kazakhstan was able to rise and adapt by carrying out hard but necessary reforms."

The Parliament of Kazakhstan unanimously approved the candidature of Alikhan Smailov as prime minister, Trend reports citing the Kazakh media on Jan. 11.

Smailov was nominated for the post of the PM by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

After the dissolution of the Kazakh government on January 5, 2022, Smailov served as acting prime minister.

Previously, Smailov also served as finance minister and first deputy prime minister.

The CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan has been successfully completed, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during the parliamentary session.

According to him, the phased withdrawal of troops will begin on January 13, 2022 and will take about ten days.

We remind you that Tokayev turned to the CSTO in connection with the mass riots in the country, which reached their culmination on January 5, 2022.