Culture Quote by Nursultan Nazarbayev

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

Nursultan Nazarbayev

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

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

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

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“Some people approached me saying they would like to raise a monument to me like they do in Turkmenistan for Turkmenbashy, I asked, what…

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

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