15:42, 14 December 2012 | GMT +5
Kazakh alphabet to be switched to Latin script by 2025: Nazarbayev
ASTANA. December 14. KAZINFORM Nursultan Nazarbayev promised Kazakh alphabet will be converted to a Latin script by 2025.

The President of Kazakhstan gave that promise while delivering his state-of-the-nation address on Friday in Astana.
"We will continue with efforts to develop the state language. It is necessary to start preparations to switch Kazakh alphabet to a Latin script by 2025. It will facilitate its development and turn it into a language of modern communication," the Kazakh Leader stressed.