Nursultan Nazarbayev News

Italy's Eni group and Kazakhstan's London-listed KazMunaiGas on Thursday signed a preliminary agreement that could result in up to $50bn of investments in the central Asian state's upstream and downstream oil and gas sectors.

Pope Benedict XVI met on November 6 with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, and took note of the "peaceful coexistence between faithful of various religions" in the country-- where Muslims constitute the majority, but Russian Orthodox maintain a substantial presence.

VATICAN CITY, 6 NOV 2009 - The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today: "Today, Friday 6 November 2009, His Holiness Benedict XVI received in audience Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Italian aerospace and defense company Finmeccanica has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Kazakhstan sovereign wealth fund for a raft of cooperation deals.

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 6, 2009 .- Kazakhstan is one nation that enjoys the peaceful coexistence of faithful from various religions, Benedict XVI and the Kazakhstani president observed today.

ROME Italy's Silvio Berlusconi praised the virility of Kazakhstan's men during a visit to Rome by its president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, saying this was the reason for the former Soviet country's population growth.

Kazakh and Italian presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Giorgio Napolitano discussed a broad range of topics in Rome, saying their positions coincided on key international issues.

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev signed on Thursday new commercial agreements aimed at boosting bilateral ties.

Italy's Finmeccanica industrial group on Nov. 5 signed a memorandum of understanding with a Kazakhstan sovereign wealth fund to reach industrial cooperation deals covering helicopters, railways and electro-optics, including tank upgrades.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is seen off Wednesday, at the conclusion of a two-day official visit to the Kingdom Following is an interview conducted by The Jordan Times reporter Hani Hazaimeh with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev: Q. What domains do Kazakhstan and Jordan cooperate in? Which key issues do you expect to discuss ...

In talks in Amman yesterday, the two leaders discussed means to foster bilateral ties, developments in the region, and regional and international issues of mutual concern, according to a Royal Court statement.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev conferred Tuesday with Jordan's King Abdullah on efforts to spur the stalled Middle East peace process and ways of boosting bilateral ties, a statement by the Jordanian royal court said.

President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received today at Al Mushrif Palace President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on the side line of his private visit to the UAE.

October 20th witnessed the unveiling of another bizarre monument in Astana. Not far from the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, lies Kazakh Eli Square, where the Kazakh authorities uncovered a 15-foot high bronze statue of none other than Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Kazakhstan: City on the Caspian Grows. Kazakhstan's port city of Aktau on the Caspian Sea has had some ups and downs in its short history.

Russia's relations with its neighbors are worse than ever, and this is particularly true among the former Soviet republics.

Eighteen years after the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia became independent, only one of those five has managed to become a significant power in terms of international clout and importance.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was decorated on Friday with the Medal of Eurasia during his official visit to Turkey, in a gesture aimed at acknowledging his constructive efforts in the Eurasia region.

Kazakhstan positioned itself as a potential supplier to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline ahead of a meeting in Ankara with Turkish officials.

Kazakhstan's president confirmed on Thursday that his country is willing to pump crude into a planned $1.5-billion pipeline to bring Caspian oil to the Mediterranean via Turkey.