21:44, 23 November 2012 | GMT +5
Concert commemorates Astana as EXPO 2017 host city
ASTANA. November 23. KAZINFORM A concert in honor of Astana that has won the right to host EXPO 2017 has started in the capital of Kazakhstan.

"It is the achievement of Kazakhstan. We have proved that we can do it. Thanks to EXPO 2017 the whole world will know about Kazakhstan. Investments will be attracted to Kazakhstan, construction and tourism will develop, new workplaces will be created," secretary of the Astana maslikhat Sansyzbay Yessilov told addressing those gathered around Baiterek monument despite wind, snow and blizzard.
The concert will end with a grand firework.