2022 Becomes One of Most Challenging, Significant Years for Kazakhstan, Says Kazakh State Counselor

ASTANA – 2022 has change into probably the most difficult but in addition important years in the whole fashionable historical past of Kazakhstan, State Counselor Erlan Karin wrote on his Telegram channel on Dec. 30, highlighting the nation’s main political developments.

Kazakhstan’s State Counselor Erlan Karin. Picture credit score: Akorda

“After the January occasions and amid the escalating worldwide stress, society skilled a sure demand for consolidation. This request was expressed in the course of the June referendum, which politically fastened a brand new degree and new content material of civil consolidation within the nation. The outcomes of the presidential election held in November confirmed that society and the state even have a standard understanding of the nation’s improvement prospects. Due to this fact, one of many most important political outcomes of the outgoing yr is that the authorities managed to help and produce social consolidation to a sure new degree,” Karin stated.

In keeping with Karin, 2022 will be known as the yr of complete reforms. Throughout the yr, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivered two nationwide addresses initiating cardinal transformations within the socio-political and socio-economic spheres. Because of this, the nation launched a large-scale program of political modernization, carried out constitutional reform, started the method of demonopolization and financial restructuring, and created three new areas.

“The reforms initiated and launched this yr present the impetus for shifting ahead. Due to this fact, one can say that this yr’s presidential reforms will even proceed to find out the political agenda for 2023,” he stated.

Additionally, Karin centered on some transformation in society. The nation’s social and political life witnessed new figures, actions, and associations, together with events. The primary Nationwide Kurultai (congress in Kazakh) introduced the nationwide dialogue to a brand new institutional degree.

Kazakhstan adopted a well-balanced and dynamic overseas coverage course regardless of the geopolitical disaster. In 2022, the nation additionally pursued a proactive overseas coverage. Kazakhstan has developed mutually helpful cooperation with all key companions. The visits of the Kazakh President to China, Russia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, France, and Uzbekistan have given new content material to the nation’s multi-vector overseas coverage amid world turbulence. The primary post-pandemic overseas go to of Chinese language President Xi Jinping to Kazakhstan and the apostolic go to of Pope Francis have change into important.

The skilled neighborhood would bear in mind 2022 with the start of discussions across the seek for a brand new system of basic social values.

“To root the brand new worth matrix in society, Kazakhstan purposefully started to advertise the ideology of labor and solidarity, the cult of training, and respect for nature. Maybe, certainly one of this yr’s most profitable ideological initiatives, which obtained public approval, was the return of Republic Day as the primary nationwide vacation embodying fashionable statehood,” Karin stated.

Thus, summing up the outcomes of this yr, Karin stated it could be remembered for overcoming many unprecedented challenges for statehood and the start of a complete modernization of the nation.