Kazakh President congratulates people of Kazakhstan on Nauryz
12:55, 21 March 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the people of Kazakhstan on Nauryz."I congratulate all Kazakhstani people with the wonderful holiday Nauryz! ", said Nursultan Nazarbayev at the festival in the square near the monument of independence.
The Head of State noted that it is a great holiday that is celebrated by many people over 5000 years.
"On the territory of present-day Kazakhstan live representatives of more than 100 ethnic groups. They preach Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Judaism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Confucianism and other religions and beliefs. Inter-ethnic relations in Kazakhstan based on the principles of tolerance, trust, respect and mutual enrichment", said the President.