Foundation of National Space Center of Kazakhstan laid in Astana

Kazakh Premier emphasized that the project reflected the ideas and policy of our President such as attraction of foreign investors, establishment of high-technological modern productions, etc.

'I believe the project will be completed on schedule and then Kazakhstan will acquire its own space center alongside with a space-launching missiles complex - Baikonur', he added.

Secretary of State for External Trade to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment of France Anne-Marie Idrac, representing French side that is a partner of Kazakhstan in realization of the project, said that France was proud to take part in such large-scale project. 'We consider it as mutually beneficial Kazakh-French and French-Kazakh cooperation', Anne-Marie Idrac noted.