June 10, 1998 (May 16) Tiger years, Kazakhstan moved the capital celebration. The Century Plaza Astana


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to 1998 on June 10, 2009, Kazakhstan held a grand celebration of the new capital moved the capital, more than 10 state leaders attended the event. Chinese government special envoy, Minister of Communications Huang Zhendong to be congratulated, and read out a congratulatory message of President Jiang Zemin.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in his speech that unify ha of land area in the world top 10, across several time zones, only then the center and geographical center of the country's management. The new capital will not only Kazakhstan's geographic center, will also be the center of Eurasia. Moved the capital to Astana, Kazakhstan to the international community the opportunity to own new look. He stressed that, in the shortest possible time to the new capital into a modern city, will enhance the confidence of the people of Kazakhstan on the future reform.
foreign guests attending the celebration: President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev, Turkish President Suleyman Demirel, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.