Nursultan Nazarbayev Quotations

Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.

We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.

We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter.

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

We will join for the sake of our future, because we know the experience of other countries that did so -- they only gained from it,