Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: “The unicameral legislative body of the country, the Kurultai, officially begins its work. This means that from this day…”

We must under no circumstances allow such a situation to happen again. Saving the Caspian, which was once rightly called ‘great’ and ‘wise,’ is not simply our responsibility but a matter of honor for the statesmen of our time.

Against this backdrop, direct and trusting dialogue, which makes it possible to find coordinated solutions that take into account the interests of every state, is becoming critically important.

We, the CIS member states, must answer the question of what we want the Commonwealth to look like in the long term and what place it should occupy in the rapidly changing geopolitical architecture of Eurasia.

I am convinced that, given mutual interest and firm political will, we can achieve significant progress in expanding cooperation across many areas of mutual interest.