Quotes by Nursultan Nazarbayev

“Terrorism cannot be linked with any religion or nation, as such approach will inevitably lead to further escalation of tenseness in the world.”

“I announced my consent to run for reelection as I intend to continue the policy of consolidating society, bringing stability to our nation and conduct complicated reforms we have just started,”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Were 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,”

“We will join for the sake of our future, because we know the experience of other countries that did so -- they only gained from it,”

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

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.

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.

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so dont judge us too harshly.

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.

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

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

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

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.