We can be proud of Kazakhstan's success - Majilis Vice Speaker Bobrov
TANA. September 29. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Today we can be proud of Kazakhstan's success, says Deputy Chairman of the Majilis of the Kazakh Parliament Vladimir Bobrov at "New Kazakhstan in the New World: 20 Years of Independence" conference in Astana.
"Independent Kazakhstan, as well as other republics, had to 'start from scratch'. It is only thanks to the balanced policy of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, his exceptional political talent and strategic foresight, that we were able to form a modern state with a developed market economy, stable political system, powerful social protection of its citizens," considers Bobrov.
He also notes that for 20 years of its independence Kazakhstan attracted USD 132 billion of foreign direct investments. The country's per capita GDP grew more than 12 times and amounted to USD 10 thousand. Kazakhstanis' incomes increased 17 times.