Kazakhstan is working on creation of self-sufficient troops equipped with modern armament and able to ensure military security in the Pre-Caspian region: Defense Minister.
Only 3 percent of Kazakhstan’s imams have higher theological education, 30 percent graduated from special educational institutions and the rest of them only took 3 or 6-month clergy courses.
The number of users along the pipeline and regional networks are not large enough to consume this gas. That's why we had to slash the project from 6 to 3 billion cubic meters of gas: Bishimbayev.