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Don't name capital after me yet, says Kazakh president
0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008
ATYRAU, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Friday rejected the idea that the capital Astana be renamed after him, following a parliamentary proposal put forth to this effect.
"I am not partisan to changing the name of Astana, especially if it concerns my name," Nazarbayev told media in the western city of Atyrau.
The president said he would not be signing any name-changing legislation into effect, but did not oppose the idea that the capital one day be named in honour of him.
"The decision to change the name will be made by another generation," said Nazarbayev.
A senior member of the Kazakh parliament on Wednesday called for the capital to be renamed after the leader.
"Considering the enormous role of our president in...
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