Kazakhstan Embassy Marks National Day in Tehran
TEHRAN (Iran News) Kazakhstan Ambassador Mr. Askhat Orazbay hosted the reception marking the Independence Day of his country and celebrated the day with the Kazakh nationals in Tehran and the distinguished guests.
Addressing the ceremony, Mr. Orazbay briefed the participants in the event with achievements and progresses of Kazakhstan since its independence. He said, “During short period by historical standards, our country has passed a long and hard way of establishing its statehood.At the beginning of independence, Kazakhstan started implementing reforms aimed at transforming from a Soviet type planned economy to a modern free market economy. Modernization and economic growth were the main priorities.”
He went on to say that facts convincingly speak about Kazakhstan’s success in state-building and conducting economic reforms.
The ambassador further noted that as a result, Kazakhstan has become a leading country in the Central Asian region, adding that Kazakhstan is a country with a rich historical and cultural heritage as the country is located in the heart of Eurasia, at the crossroads of the world’s oldest civilizations, connecting the East with the West, where traditional Islamic values harmoniously coexist with the western values.
Orazbay went on to say that despite being the world’s 9th largest country by territory and having the longest land borders, Kazakhstan at the outset of its independence has managed to fully complete the legal process of delimitation and demarcation of its borders with all neighboring countries including Russia and China. He reiterated that Kazakhstan has any territorial disputes with all of its neighboring countries and because of its multivectoral foreign policy, Kazakhstan has no any single enemy country in the world.
He stated that Kazakhstan has established positive, constructive and friendly relations with all the states including USA, European Union, China, Arab countries as well as Asian and Latin American countries.
He then touched upon on Kazakhstan ties with Iran and said cooperation with Iran is developing comprehensively, examples of which are the official visit of the President of Kazakhstan to Iran last year, the visit of the Prime Minister this spring, as well as the official visit of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ibrahim Raisi to Kazakhstan expected in the near future. He stressed that these will certainly give a new impetus to further development of bilateral cooperation.
Then Deputy Agriculture Minister of Iran Mr. Mohammadi congratulated the day and touched upon significance of ties with neighboring countries especially with Kazakhstan
