Armenia and Kazakhstan discuss bilateral agenda

ArmInfo. On December 11, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to the Republic of  Armenia, Timur Urazaev.

According to the press service of the RA President, during the  meeting the parties discussed the current agenda of the  Armenian-Kazakh relations, in particular, the issues of deepening  ties in the humanitarian field.

Armen Sarkissian congratulated the Ambassador and the Kazakh people  on the upcoming national holiday - Independence Day.

To note, the Day of State Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan  is the main national holiday, which is annually celebrated in the  country on December 16. In honor of the holiday, this day and the  next day, December 17, are non-working in Kazakhstan.

On December 16, 1991, the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR adopted a  law on the independence and state sovereignty of Kazakhstan. Leader  of the Central Asian region, Kazakhstan has been developing  intensively in recent years. Kazakhstan achieved notable success in  the economy thanks to the restructuring of the entire economic  system, which in the Soviet era relied mainly on the extractive  industries.  In addition to economic reforms in independent  Kazakhstan, political reforms were carried out, which significantly  increased the authority of the Republic in the international arena.  Kazakhstan is a member of international and regional organizations,  known as a reliable partner of both Western and Eastern states.

On the day of the holiday, mass celebrations are held throughout the  country. On the eve of the holiday, outstanding figures of culture  and art, sports, politics and other fields are awarded. Festive  amnesties are held. In all cities, villages, festive concerts are  held, in the evening the sky is lit up with fireworks.