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In 18 years, Kazakhstan has changed beyond recognition, into an economically strong and dynamically developing emerging democracy, as well as a worthy partner within the international community.
Q) How would you describe Kazakhstan﹊s relations with Europe, and, in general, Kazakhstan﹊s position in the modern world?
A) We have been moving closer towards Europe since independence, and this has been a very conscious choice. It is no coincidence that at our President﹊s initiative we have been implementing a special reform programme, ﹉Path to Europe﹊, for a year now.
This programme is designed to bring Kazakhstan closer to European standards in economy, legislation, education and social life. We believe our interests in closer ties are mutual. Europe is keen to strengthen its cooperation with Kazakhstan and Central Asia in general on issues such as energy security, stability, democratic development,
including under the 2007 European Union strategy towards Central Asia. We too are interested in seeing more European investment and technologies coming into Kazakhstan. Already, taken as a whole, the European Union has been Kazakhstan﹊s largest trading partner for the past five years. Our bilateral trade last year amounted to more than 26 billion euros,
and we would like to see this figure grow further. We believe the unanimous decision by OSCE 56 member states to elect Kazakhstan as chairman of the organisation for 2010 marks Kazakhstan﹊s recognition as an independent state and is an opportunity for us to contribute to security and cooperation in Europe. From that, everybody will benefit.
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