Nazarbayev started new tradition by participating personally in WIO General Council - Brauner

    President Nursultan Nazarbayev has started a new tradition by personally participating in the latest session of the General Council of the WTO, Deputy Director General of the WTO Karl Brauner said in an interview.
    "The process with the talks to join the WTO was beneficial for Kazakhstan itself. The country has had a lot of important reforms. Speaking of the atmosphere at the sitting of the General Council of the WTO, it was unique. This was the first time when the president of a candidate-country came to participate in the event personally," Brauner stressed.
    "Given the role Kazakhstan plays in the region and its natural resources, Kazakhstan is exerting all needed efforts to reduce its dependence on its primary resources and to diversify its economy. When I was the minister of economy of Germany, I went to Almaty 15 years ago for the first time, so I can objectively assess the Kazakhstan’s potential," Brauner noted, according to Kazinform.