Kazakh President held session with akims of regions and cities of Almaty and Astana

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov, Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, Chief of the Presidential Administration Aslan Mussin attended the session.

The President noted that against the signs of stabilization of the world economies and growth of prices for hydrocarbons and metals the internal situation in Kazakhstan's economy is also taking a turn for the better.

The production output in the third quarter of 2009 increased by 4.3 per cent as compared to the index of the second quarter. In the fields of mining and agriculture the growth made 4.7% and 1.7%, respectively.

The anti-crisis measures allowed to create about 400 thousand new jobs, including about 260 thousand within the framework of Road Map program.

The country's housing and utilities infrastructure was modernized. About 1,500 facilities of social infrastructure were repaired. New roads were built. The Government allocated additional 11,000 educational grants and 40,000 credits for students.

N. Nazarbayev interested in the progress of implementation of "100 schools, 100 hospitals" state program. The project is expected to be finished this year. However, the construction of 14 schools in South Kazakhstan region, 4 - in Kyzylorda region and 1 - in Astana is running behind schedule. Analogous situation is seen in the field of hospitals building. Only 64% of the allocated funds have been utilized to the moment. The President urged to ensure effective control over the quality of construction and timely commissioning of the facilities. He paid special attention to the forthcoming Asian Winter Games in 2011.

The Kazakh leader gave a number of instructions on execution of the antirecessionary measures, Road Map program and other socio-economic tasks.