Nazarbayev attended meeting on socioeconomic development issues

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has held a meeting on urgent issues concerning the country's socioeconomic development, the Akorda press service said.

PM Massimov, Head of the Presidential Administration Nigmatulin and Aide to the Kazakh President Orynbayev took part in the meeting.

Those gathered focused on the country's socioeconomic development for the past seven months, progress of realization of measures aimed at Kazakhstan's accession to the top 30 developed countries of the world, and priority tasks for the period ahead.

The President stressed the need to hold an enlarged Government sitting on key economic and social issues.

Besides, the meeting addressed various aspects of possible influence of situation in Ukraine and related international events on the country's economic development.

Following the results of the sitting the President gave certain tasks.