UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon awarded with 1st degree Dostyk order
14:55, 7 April 2010
ASTANA. April 7. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Upon completion of the bilateral meeting in Akorda President Nursultan Nazarbayev has awarded Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon with Dostyk order of the 1st degree.
"Awarding this order shows Kazakhstan's acknowledgement of your contribution to promotion of peace, social just and stable development on the global level", the Kazakh President stressed.
Handing out the award N. Nazarbayev said that Ban Ki-moon had expressed sympathy to Kazakhstanis while visiting Semey polygon and Aral.