Nazarbayev congratulates veterans on Victory Day

ASTANA. May 7. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ Today Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated veterans of Kazakhstan on the Victory Day at the ceremony of awarding state prizes in Akorda.

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The Head of the State noted that in connection with his participation in a military parade in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Victory in Moscow he would not be able to mark this holiday in Kazakhstan. "Hence I apologize that I will not be able to celebrate this day with you", Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

As the President noted, the Victory in the Great Patriotic War came to us by suffering, victims, losses and we hold the memory of the fallen.

"There is a profound bow to all of is - veterans, front-line soldiers, workers on the home front, participants of the guerilla movement, and those who withstood hardships of undeserved repressions, deportations and revived the country after the terrible war. Your exploit, our dear veterans, remains a model of unprecedented courage, fortitude, dedication, inflexible will and vitality for all future generations. Please accept my warmest congratulations on the occasion of the Victory Day", the Head of the State said.