ArmInfo. The book of President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev "Era of Independence" was presented in Yerevan.
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazayev during the event noted that the presentation of the book is a good excuse, Armenia, Kazakhstan and other countries have had a chance to talk about the way for the past 26 years. "The book is interesting because it chronologically and factually accurately conveys those difficulties, the thorny path that both Armenia and Kazakhstan have passed over the past years," the diplomat said, and in this context added that between Armenia and Kazakhstan for this period there were good partnership.
At the same time, the ambassador expressed dissatisfaction with the existing level of trade and economic relations. According to him, interaction in this area leaves much to be desired. At the same time, Urazaev expressed his belief that the lack of proper logistics and infrastructure creates obstacles to stimulating this branch of cooperation.
At the same time, the ambassador noted that the president of Kazakhstan in his last address to the parliament of the country singled out 5 main directions related to solving social problems. "The main message of the president was to provide social assistance to the most needy part of the population, because without this it is impossible to ensure movement forward," the diplomat said. At the same time, he expressed the conviction that both Kazakhstan and Armenia should orient their cooperation on complex cooperation, starting from the trade and economic sphere and investments, ending with the humanitarian one. In his opinion, both countries should unify cooperation.
In his turn, the chairman of the public organization "Integration and Development", coordinator of the Eurasian Expert Club Aram Safaryan said that the book presented is a valuable study on the modern history of the Republic of Kazakhstan. "The book is surprisingly accurately delineated by periodization, the four periods that the country has passed and the fifth is outlined.The book tells how representatives of 140 nations and 17 confessions were able to unite around their country's leader, avoid division and disagreements and move forward set a goal by 2030 to enter the 30 developed countries of the world and moves confidently towards this goal, "Safaryan concluded. To note, Nursultan Nazarbayev's book "The era of independence" is written in the genre of historical journalism and reflects the author's view of the country's newest history and its future. The main attention is drawn to the characteristics of the stages of the construction of a sovereign state since its inception, the display of internal logistics and decision-making mechanisms in response to internal and external challenges for 26 years of independence. The book shows the essence of the "Kazakhstan model" of development, its evolution, basic principles, mechanisms and driving forces. A big place in the book is occupied by consideration of three waves of modernization of Kazakhstan.