Kazakh Leader congratulates Russian President on 50th anniversary of Garagin's flight into space
11:46, 11 April 2011
ASTANA. April 11. KAZINFORM Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a congratulatory telegram to President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev on 50th anniversary of Garagin's flight into space, the Presidential press service reports.
"On behalf of the people of Kazakhstan and my own behalf I congratulate you and the people of Russia on 50th anniversary of the historic flight of Yuri Gagarin into space.
I am glad that Kazakhstan and Russia develop cooperative space programmes. I am confident our fruitful cooperation will further for the benefit of our states and nations, for the benefit of all mankind," the telegram reads.