Kazakh President: Ruling elite must speak English

ASTANA. December 29. KAZINFORM Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the ruling elite of Kazakhstan must speak English.
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"Our population will speak English, especially the ruling elite. It is impossible that a member of the Government or akim does not speak English, " Nursultan Nazarbayev said in an interview to the leading national TV channels.

As for the matter of the transition of the Kazakh letters to Latin script, the Kazakh President said that now all children learn three languages: Kazakh, Russian and English. That is, the process is underway, in 15 years everyone will know the Latin script.

It is needed to take into account the fact of growing interstate trade, the country's exports is USD 74 billion, import - USD 36 billion. We communicate and trade with 80 countries of the world; we have political international relations with even more countries. Therefore, I believe that the transition will be very natural," the President concluded.

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