Tokayev has used the National Kurultai platform to voice the country’s ideological principles. At the June 17 meeting he introduced the concept of “responsible citizen”, urging Kazakhstanis to hold high moral standards for their country and families. Tokayev also noted that “responsible citizen” and “Fair Kazakhstan” (an idea he put forward when he became president in 2019) are two interrelated concepts, “unshakable pillars of our country”.
A fire broke out in the outskirts of Astana on June 19 and a thick smoke cloud engulfed the capital. Emergency workers contained the fire, but said that to extinguish it completely they would need more than a week. On June 8, a forest fire wiped out dozens of thousands of hectares of woods in the northern Abai region. Fires have caused devastation across the country in recent weeks.
At a meeting of the Supreme Council for Reforms on June 22, Tokayev urged the government to resolve “immediately” the problem of understaffing at heat and power facilities across the country. Breakdowns at power plants and heating networks have plagued Kazakhstan in the past few months.
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