EXPO 2017 budget to be reduced

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Budget of the International specialized exhibition EXPO 2017 in Astana is set to be reduced.

Talgat Yermegiyayev, the Chairman of the NC "Astana EXPO 2017" JSC, made the news public at a press briefing on Thursday. "The republican budget commission will reduce EXPO 2017 budget by 10 billion tenge ($54,6 million). The construction part of the budget will be reduced by 7 billion tenge, PR expenses will be cut by 3 billion tenge," Mr. Yermegiyayev told the press conference.