17:00, 12 March 2009 | GMT +5
Nazarbayev receives credentials from foreign ambassadors
ASTANA. March 12. KAZINFORM /Aigul Tulekbayeva/ President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has received credentials from Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lebanon, the Hellenic Republic, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Malaysia, the Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Norway; Kazinform reports.
?From now on you are the plenipotentiary representatives of your countries and the issues of broadenning our partnership will in large measure depend on your efforts?, the Kazakh President said. 
He also noted that the foreign diplomats took up work in difficult time. ?In the crisis environment mutually beneficial cooperation with all countries will be the main factor of support of the economic growth. Our objective nowadays is to seek new, more effective forms of trade, economic and investment interaction. I am convinced that we need to unite our efforts in overcoming the negative consequences of the global crisis?, Nursultan Nazarbayev announced and wished the new ambassadors successful and productive work.
He also noted that the foreign diplomats took up work in difficult time. ?In the crisis environment mutually beneficial cooperation with all countries will be the main factor of support of the economic growth. Our objective nowadays is to seek new, more effective forms of trade, economic and investment interaction. I am convinced that we need to unite our efforts in overcoming the negative consequences of the global crisis?, Nursultan Nazarbayev announced and wished the new ambassadors successful and productive work.