Nazarbayev awards Putin with Order First President of Kazakhstan

AKIPRESS.COM - Russian President Vladimir Putin first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on May 28 in Nur-Sultan.
The meeting was preceded by an award ceremony, Kremlin said. Nazarbayev awarded Putin the Order the First President of Kazakhstan - Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev to mark the 25th anniversary of the Eurasian integration concept and the fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, and also for his special contribution to the deepening and expansion of cooperation with the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Putin praised the role of Nazarbayev in foundation and development of the union.
"We are very grateful that you found the time to come here and celebrate the birth of our common child - the Eurasian Economic Union," Nazarbayev said.
"We have 184 million people, 14 percent of the world's energy industry, 45 percent of the world's uranium, agriculture and so on. No matter what anyone might say, 40 states want to join a free economic space with us. We have signed agreements with four of them. In other words, we need to develop it and the officials should work to remove many problems," Nazarbayev said.