Kazakh President jets off to Ukraine for working visit

"Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev flew to Ukraine for a working visit. The Kazakh President is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the country. In addition, the leaders of Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan will gather in Moscow on December 23 for a regular session of the CSTO Collective Security Council," spokesperson for the Central Communications Service Asset Mukazhanov said at a press conference on Monday. The Head of State is also expected to take part in the nationwide teleconference "New industrialization of Kazakhstan: 2014 results and implementation of the first five-year plan" and the awarding ceremony of the Altyn Sapa laureates on December 25. The session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council with the participation of the Kazakh, Russian, Belarusian, Armenian and Kyrgyz leaders is to take place soon as well. As reported earlier, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will become effective on January 1, 2015.