'Astana is a vivid example of urban development' - Viktor Basargin
16:48, 26 May 2011
ASTANA. May 26. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation Viktor Basargin thinks that the capital of Kazakhstan - Astana is a vivid example of urban development. He said it during the meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeyev and members of the Intergovernmental Council on Cooperation in Construction of the CIS member states.
'It is my first visit to Astana. I have not been here before. I think Astana is a vivid example of how the cities should be planned, the way the building of the city must be performed. Astana is a proof of good work in this sphere,' B. Basargin noted.