Israeli President says Kazakhstan is the regional superpower

During the ceremony, President Rivlin highly praised Nursultan Nazarbayev's international peace initiatives and especially stressed that the Kazakh President is a bright example of the politician who has achieved inter-ethnic and inter-confessional accord in his country, Kazinform has learnt from the Kazakh MFA's press service. The Israeli President also noted that ‘Kazakhstan is the regional superpower'. At the meeting with the Israeli leader, Ambassador Kuanyshev talked about President Nazarbayev's initiative to convoke the CICA and the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, upcoming EXPO-2017 event in Astana and Kazakhstan's bid for UN Security Council non-permanent membership for 2017-2018. He also added that Kazakhstani-Israeli sales turnover has exceeded $1,3 billion over 9 months of 2014.