Talgat Yermegiyayev reported to the head of state on the progress of preparation to host the International Specialised Exhibition EXPO-2017 in Astana, as well as on the plans for the current year.
Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed the importance to attract domestic companies to the construction of the objects.
The President also emphasized the opportunity to establish together with the Nazarbayev University the Institute of Energy.
“This scientific institution will study sources of new energy. There is a need to gather international experience and offer the opportunity to analyse it at our laboratories. The projects of getting different types of energy are already being sent to me. It is necessary to study them for realization,” the President said.
The Chairman of the Board of the Astana EXPO-2017 National Company JSC informed that the beginning of construction and getting of the official flag of the International Exhibition Bureau is scheduled for 2014.
Following the meeting, the head of state gave a number of tangible instructions on the issues discussed.
