25.09.2008, 14:50 2520

President of Kazakhstan gave a number of assignments to Mangistau oblast management

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, gave a number of assignments to Mangistau oblast management at the solemn assembly devoted to 35th anniversary of Mangistau oblast, the agency reports.

Aktau. September 25. Kazakhstan Today - The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, gave a number of assignments to Mangistau oblast management at the solemn assembly devoted to 35th anniversary of Mangistau oblast, the agency reports.

N. Nazarbayev gave the task concerning the projects connected with infrastructure development.

"International trading-transport logistics will develop within the limits of the international corridors North - South and East - West. These are automobile, railways, airports. Sea port Kuryk will become a point of control of Kashagan oil," he emphasized.

The second goal formulated by the President of the country for the management of Mangistau oblast - energy development. The President informed that according to the assignment of the government, national nuclear company Kazatomprom along with the Russian partners has begun preparation for construction of atomic power station in Aktau.

He also emphasized that it is necessary to develop non-raw sector and to diversify the economy of the region. "In the near future huge volume of works is expected to be done on the Caspian Sea and we should provide Kazakhstan participation in these projects, therefore Aktau should develop as an industrial and service center," N. Nazarbayev said.

The President set the task concerning professional training. He noted that, according to his assignment, Aktau University has been transformed to the Caspian University of Technology and Engineering. The negotiations with the leading American and European Centers of Science are being carried for participation in the project of creation of an elite educational complex. 2.9 billion KZT has been allocated from the republican budget for construction of the university complex.

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