Kazakhstan plans to reduce budget gap to 1.5% to GDP, Finance Minister
16:30, 9 June 2011
ASTANA. June 9. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "In three years to come Kazakhstan plans to reduce budget gap to 1.5% to GDP," Kazakh Finance Minister Bolat Zhamishev told at today's plenary session of the VII World Islamic Economic Forum on Islamic banking and finance.
"Our country starts implementing Islamic financial instruments and, undoubtedly, the forum like this one will contribute to successful development of this financial sector, and this issue is of crucial meaning for Kazakhstan."