Nazarbayev lauds high mission of CIS leaders' informal meeting
20:15, 8 May 2015
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev noted the high mission of the informal meeting of the CIS leaders in Moscow and thanked the Russian President for the initiative and invitation to take part in the events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
"Today's meeting on the threshold of the Victory Day is a way to pay respect to veterans and homefront workers. We are grateful to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for the invitation to participate in the celebrations of this historic milestone," President Nazarbayev said at the meeting. The Kazakh President also reminded the Soviet people had united in the face of Nazism during the years of the Great Patriotic War. "During those tragic years our people united and our fathers and grandfathers emerged victorious. It's hard to imagine what would have happened, if they failed," Nursultan Nazarbayev added.