From the State-of-the-Nation Address of the President of the RK

We have started and will continue carrying out an open policy for natural resources exploration in the future, providing transparent and stable conditions for cooperation with transnational corporations and our major neighbors. This will strengthen Kazakhstan’s reputation as a promising and reliable partner, contributing to global energy security.

We must commence actual implementation of Kazakhstan's largest transportation project, the transcontinental corridor "Western Europe–Western China", which will pass through our Southern regions and will then go to Russia via Aktobe, creating jobs and reviving the regional economies...