13:43, 26 November 2012 | GMT +5
Kazakhstan to spend at least 1.2 bln Euro on EXPO-2017 in Astana
ASTANA. November 26. KAZINFORM Astana, the Kazakh capital, will spend some 1.2 billion Euro on hosting of the international exhibition EXPO-2017.

Rapil Zhoshybayev, an executive secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan, told a Monday briefing.
He stated 250 million Euro would be allotted from the republican budget on construction of infrastructure, communications and preparation of necessary facilities and territory. Besides, construction of pavilions, hotels and other objects will cost some 1 billion Euro.