Kazakhstan may change Central Asian image, view

BAKU. January 20. KAZINFORM President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered on Friday the State-of-the-Nation Address. Keeping in mind prospects for further development and Kazakhstan's role in the region also the extent of the Kazakh Leader's way of thinking this program package is of great interest both for the country's audience and the wide range of observers beyond Kazakhstan.

"Kazakhstan rightfully takes the lead in the Central Asian region, it is an active player of the Caspian region and is an important pat of the Turkic and Eurasian interrogation, an active member of a number of strategic regional projects. The country also aspires to become one of the new civilized centers that issues not only ambitious targets but also and serious risks. Consequently, Nursultan Nazarbayev as a pragmatic and forward-looking politician understands importance of underpinning the country's foundation through the development and people's welfare gain," director general of Novosti Azerbaijan international information agency Gyulnara Mamedzade said. "Besides, in his Address Nursultan Nazarbayev sets tremendous targets and shows the ways how to reach them. Kazakhstan consistently heading in the way of modernization has every reason to become the country that in a certain time perspective will have a chance to change the image of the whole Central Asian region," she added.