19:41, 18 March 2011 | GMT +5
President called youth to partake in campaign on Kazakhstan's landscaping
AKTOBE. March 18. KAZINFORM /Samal Yendibayeva/ Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has highly appraised "Zhasyl El" program and "Dawn of village - dawn of Kazakhstan" campaign today at the youth forum in Aktobe.
"Zhasyl El" program and "Dawn of village - dawn of Kazakhstan" campaign are very good traditions. We are able to landscape and make rich our regions, districts and villages," the Head of State said addressing the youth.
The President told about the "green belt" around Astana. "In ten years over 50 thousand ha of forest was planted around Astana. The forest changed the microclimate and became a recreation place for Astana residents," N.Nazarbayev added.