N.Nazarbayev handed over jubilee medals to Government members, heads of some state bodies, governors and mayors of Astana and Almaty.
"I would like you to memorize this jubilee medal devoted to the 20th anniversary of independence, because all these years we worked together," N.Nazarbayev said.
The President noted that today mass media analyzes every year of our independence, what have been done.
"Despite the difficulties, we made all in time, as we could, and did our best for overcoming the difficulties after the collapse, the South-East crisis and the crisis of the financial system without serious consequences," the President emphasized.
The Head of State stressed that over these years a strong state was created, our country's economy strengthened.
Prime Minister Karim Massimov, Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, Head of the President's Administration Aslan Mussin, and Secretary of the Security Council Marta Tazhin are among the awarded.