10:45, 07 December 2012 | GMT +5
Nazarbayev offers condolences to Philippines following typhoon
ASTANA. December 7. KAZINFORM Nursultan Nazarbayev offered his condolences to President of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino III today in a telegram on the occasion of the typhoon that killed hundreds of people, the presidential press service reports.

"I am deeply saddened by the news of the typhoon that took hundreds of lives. On behalf of the nation, please accept my heartfelt condolences and pass them to our friends in the Philippines," the telegram reads.