The Kazakhstani leader heartfelt congratulated his friend Islam Karimov on his 70th birthday and wished him health and long life, family well-being and successes in his multifaceted activities as the first President of independent Uzbekistan.
Nursultan Nazarbayev said he was confident that relations between our countries based on centuries-long traditions of friendship and mutual understanding would further dynamically develop for the prosperity of the peoples of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.