Kazakhstan to set up humanitarian assistance agency «Kaz aid» - Foreign Ministry
16:32, 8 April 2013
ASTANA. April 8. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan is working on the creation of an agency for official development assistance to countries "Kaz aid", Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Alexey Volkov announced during the presentation of the 2013 Human Development Report "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kazinform refers to the PM's website.
"Every year we play more active role as regional donor and provide humanitarian assistance to countries in distress even outside our region," he said.
In addition, he said that the MFA continues to work on the creation of Almaty regional hub of multilateral diplomacy.
"We believe that giving the city of Almaty a status of UN regional center such as Vienna, Bangkok, Geneva would facilitate the implementation of big regional projects, and expand the development assistance to such countries and regions as Afghanistan and the South Caucasus", the Deputy Minister added.