Nazarbayev denies health rumors

    While meeting with residents of the city of Uralsk in West Kazakhstan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said his health condition was absolutely fine.
    “(…) There have been rumors of me supposedly being ill and that I plan to resign. I have no intention of resigning. The people of Kazakhstan have elected me to lead the country until December 2016. And we will see what lies in wait for us after my tenure is over. Thanks God, everything is OK,” he said in response to questions on his health.
    The video footage of his meeting with Uralsk residents was broadcasted on Thursday on 24kz TV channel.
    The 73-year-old head of state has been reelected multiple times since Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991.
    The most recent election took place in April 2011.
    In 2007 the country’s parliament vested him with the right to run for president for an unlimited number of times as the first ever president of sovereign Kazakhstan, www.tengrinews.kz writes.