Int'l reserves exceed USD 71 bln, Kazakh Minister

ASTANA. April 26. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "According to the National Bank's current data as of April 22 the country's international reserves passed USD 71 billion mark," Economic Development and Trade Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Kelimbetov told at today's governmental sitting in Astana.

"For the first quarter of 2011 the gold-value assets of the National Bank escalated by 29.6% to make USD 35.2 bln," he added.