Kazakhstan revives its historical role as link between continents - Nazarbayev
21:23, 5 October 2009
ANA. October 5. KAZINFORM. /Kanat Kulshmanov/ "Kazakhstan revives the historical role of an important connecting link between the continents and countries", Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has said at the opening ceremony of the 18th session of the UNWTO General Assembly in Astana today.
"In ancient times the Great Silk Road passed through the territory of our country linking the Eurasian continent. This caravan track that appeared in the 3rd century BC was more than 12000 kilometers long. At present we revive the historical role of Kazakhstan as a connecting link between the continents and countries", the President emphasized.
"We proceeded to the construction of a network of modern highways. Recently we started construction of the section of the Trans-Asian corridor "Western Europe - Western China" with total length of 7500 km, including 2700 km on the territory of Kazakhstan", the President noted.