Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Juncker congratulate Nursultan Nazarbayev on reelection

In their congratulatory message, the European politicians noted that the EU is committed to strengthen relations with Kazakhstan and expressed their best wishes of prosperity and peace to Nursultan Nazarbayev and people of the country. "The EU is fully committed to strengthening further cooperation with Kazakhstan and supporting important political and economic reforms under your leadership, including the new EU-Kazakhstan expanded partnership agreement. We look forward to signing it within the shortest time possible this year," the message reads. The heads of the European Council and the European Commission expressed readiness to support President Nazarbayev's efforts on conducting ambitious reforms. "We are confident that political and economic modernization will solidify relations between the EU and Kazakhstan in the nearest future," the message says.