Prime Minister of Kazakhstan named tasks for the new government – RBK

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan: Government must repair damage from riots

Alikhan Smailov, who was appointed Prime Minister of Kazakhstan the day before, said that the new Cabinet should lead the country out of the crisis. He instructed to prepare proposals for the reform of the armed forces and strengthen control over the circulation of weapons.

The new government of Kazakhstan should lead the country out of the crisis and repair the damage caused during the unrest. This was stated by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov, who was appointed to this position the day before. On January 12, he spoke for the first time in front of the new Cabinet of Ministers.

Ministers should “make every effort to fulfill the tasks set by the president aimed at improving the quality of life of the population, maintaining economic growth and resisting the pandemic, recovering the enormous damage inflicted by terrorists and marauders, and leading the country out of a large-scale crisis,” said Smailov (quoted by Tengrinews).

According to him, these are “very difficult tasks, which in the current conditions have not yet fallen to any government.”

Smailov gave a number of instructions to the departments, reports “RIA News”: