N. Nazarbayev to present Astana Green Bridge Initiative at World Summit on Sustainable Development
ASTANA. July 13. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will present the Astana Green Bridge Initiative at the World Summit on Sustainable Development that is scheduled for June 4-6 of 2012 in Brazil. Vice Minister of Environmental Protection of Kazakhstan Mazhit Turmagambetov made it public today in Astana.
'The Head of State will present the Astana Initiative himself at the summit in Rio de Janeiro. Besides, the side-event (a seminar focused on detailed information about the initiative) on the Green Bridge program will be held. The participation of the President is expected in the side-event as well,' M. Turmagambetov said.
As was earlier reported, the Green Bridge Initiative was proposed by the President of Kazakhstan at the third Astana Economic Forum.