| Modern Kazakhstan,located in the central part of Eurasia,is a transit link in the system of multilevel interconnections of Asia and Europe.It is known that the internal development and availability of international transport arteries are essential ingredients to the economic and political independence of states.For Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries since independence,the role of international transport communications has been and remains significant.The draft economic Belt of the Silk Road and the Nurly Zhol state programme both were announced in the capital of Kazakhstan.It is symbolic that Chinese President Xi Jinping first announced this initiative to the international community in September 2013 in Astana.The concept is based on five principles: political convergence,communication infrastructure,free trade,circulation of capital and the rapprochement of peoples.Announced by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in November 2014,the Nurly Zhol new economic policy largely corresponds with the plans for the development of Belt of the Silk Road.Launched into operation in recent years,sections of the international highway Western China – Western Europe,as well as the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Persian Gulf railway,can be an organic part of the modern Silk Road routes.The Nurly Zhol programme is directed at integrated continuation of the course of reforms in the economy.To this end,Kazakhstan conducted a large-scale programme of modernization of transport assets,which covers all modes of transport.Until 2020,it is planned to implement projects with a total investment of about $40 billion.President of China Xi Jinping at the time of his visit to Astana in May 2015,noted,?Currently,China and Kazakhstan have achieved initial results towards the formation of the belt and the Chinese side appreciates this fact.China intends to promote the convergence of the formation of the economic zone of the Silk Road with the Kazakhstan's programme. |
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