Quotes by Nursultan Nazarbayev

About Nursultan Nazarbayev:

Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev is the President of Kazakhstan. He has been the country's leader since 1989, when he was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR, and was elected the nation's first president following its independence from the Soviet Union in December 1991. In April 2015, Nazarbayev was re-elected with almost 98% of the vote. American President Barack Obama sent a letter to President Nazarbayev congratulating him on his 2015 reelection.
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North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

We're working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Author Bio

  • NameNursultan Nazarbayev
  • Descriptionfirst president of Kazakhstan
  • BornJuly 6, 1940
  • CountryKazakhstan
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsGrand Cross Of The Order Of The Oak Crown; Order Of The White Eagle; Medal "In Commemoration Of The 300th Anniversary Of Saint Petersburg"; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George