The first Kurultai elections have drawn a warm response from Kazakhstan’s friends and partners,
with messages of congratulations continuing to arrive for the Head of State.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked the Presidents of Russia, the Kyrgyz
Republic, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Belarus for their warm words
on the successful holding of the first-ever elections to a unicameral Kurultai
in sovereign Kazakhstan. Congratulatory telegrams were also sent by the heads
of international organizations, including the SCO, CIS, CSTO, EAEU, ECO, and
TURKSOY. President Tokayev stressed that the voting results
demonstrated the maturity and unity of society, while the reforms underway in
the country have become an irreversible trend and have received broad public
support.

