Nursultan Nazarbayev welcomes colleagues-Presidents

Astana, July 7, 2008, Khabar - The leaders of Russia, Turkey, Armenia,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia and Azerbaijan arrived to congratulate the Kazakhstanis on first anniversary of capital and President - on his birthday.

Mikhail Saakashvili was the first who arrived to . The
President of Georgia congratulated the head of our state on birthday and on Astana anniversary.

The Kazakhstani leader is respected by his colleagues-Presidents due to wise and far-seeing policy, powerful charming personality, capacity to communicate with everybody and firmly defend the
interests of his state. Mikhail Saakashvili said Kazakhstan for his is the example for taking examples.

Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia:
- It is a great honor and joy for me to come to Astana, as the city and
whole Kazakhstan is developing and I don't know any other examples on
post-Soviet area where such things happen. We try to take example, adopt
experience. I remember my first trip to Astana and every time I don't stop
surprising.

Then Ilkham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan, Armenian leader Serzh Sargsyan,
Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev,
Emomali Rakhmon, Tajik leader, Turkmenian President Gurbanguly
Berdymukhammedov, Turkish leader Abdulla Gul arrived to Astana. informal
meeting of heads of states took place in Oval hall of .

Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of RK:
- Let me to thank you for accepting my invitation despite busy schedule and
arriving here to share joy in honor of 10th anniversary of our capital. We
tried to do our best for your pleasant staying here. We managed to found
during short time modern megapolis in center of ways that come from East to
the West.

Nursultan Nazarbayev tried to make the meeting bright and unforgettable. The
President organized the excursions on significant objects of new capital and
in the evening they visited festive concert. (Khabar Agency)