President delivers keynote speech at opening ceremony of 22nd session of People’s Assembly

"The history of inter-ethnic relations should be objectively taught in schools and universities. At the beginning of the XX century in Kazakhstan arrived 1,150,000 people from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. In 1930s of the last century during the collectivization 250,000 dispossessed peasants were deported to our country. 1.2 million people have been resettled from all over the Soviet Union for the construction of industrial plants in Kazakhstan," he said. According to Akorda Twitter account, the 22nd session of the People's Assembly of Kazakhstan "Mangilik Yel: one nation, one destiny" under the chairmanship of the President of Kazakhstan has being attended by over 1,500 people. Veterans and members of the Assembly from all the regions of the county, heads of republican and regional ethno cultural associations, deputies of the Parliament, heads of central executive bodies, political parties, religious organizations, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions of foreign countries, university heads, representatives of scientific community and mass media will participate in the event