Nazarbayev familiarized with work of campaign headquarters

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has paid a visit to the campaign headquarters supporting his candidacy for the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan today, the Akorda press service informs.

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During the visit, Nursultan Nazarbayev familiarized with the day-to-day functioning of the center and participated in a teleconference with heads and members of the regional campaign offices. "Nearly 60% of election agents - members of the regional campaign offices participated in the last presidential election campaign and have extensive experience. I would like to welcome new election agents who participate in the election campaign for the first time. There is a lot of work to do. But I am sure that all regional campaign offices have precise action plans," the Kazakh President noted during the teleconference. The Head of State was briefed on the readiness of all regional campaign offices for the election campaign. Nursultan Nazarbayev drew attention of those present to the fact that ways of further development of the country had been outlined in the Kazakhstan-2050 Development Strategy. The strategy sets ambitious goal for Kazakhstan to enter the world's 30 most competitive economies. The Nurly zhol - Path to the Future program was adopted in order to overcome crisis in the global economy. The President stressed that implementation of all programs will become possible if the society stands together as one. Head of the campaign headquarters Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed reported to President Nazarbayev on the network of campaign offices functioning countrywide. According to him, 161 people work at the campaign headquarters. More than 29,000 election agents and 50,000 volunteers work on the election campaign. *** The election campaign will embrace all regional centers, 87 cities, 176 districts, 6,841 villages. Representatives of the campaign headquarters are expected to travel to all regions of the country to meet with the population.