On January 13, 2026, Ambassador-at-Large – Head of the Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty Zhanibek Abdrashov presented the exequatur to Denis Meleshkin, the newly appointed Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Almaty, with regard of the opening of the Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Almaty, and wished him success in his mission. In turn, the Consul General of Belarus expressed his gratitude and confirmed willingness to work for the benefit of the development of bilateral relations.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa-almaty/press/news/details/1144101?lang=kk

On January 13, 2026, Ambassador-at-Large – Head of the Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty, Zhanibek Abdrashov, held a meeting with the Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in Kazakhstan, Gulmira Tolganbayeva. Both sides emphasized the importance of further expanding partnership relations aimed at mutually increasing the level of investment and trade and economic ties between the two countries. In turn, the Honorary Consul expressed her willingness to contribute to the further development of bilateral cooperation.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa-almaty/press/news/details/1144107?lang=kk

On January 19, 2026, Ambassador-at-Large – Head of the Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty Zhanibek Abdrashov presented the exequatur to the newly appointed Consul General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Almaty Firuz Murodzoda and wished success in his mission. In turn, the Consul General of Tajikistan expressed his gratitude and confirmed willingness to work for the benefit of the development of bilateral relations.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa-almaty/press/news/details/1144110?lang=kk

In his Address, the Head of State emphasized the need to develop the deep processing potential of the agricultural sector.Therefore, everything produced in the region must be processed.Thus, a deep grain processing project, “Qostanai Grain Industry”, is being implemented, with a project cost of 71.0 billion tenge, a designed capacity of 415.0 thousand tons, and the creation of 650 jobs.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kostanay/press/news/details/1144055?lang=kk

A regular meeting of the community was organized in bayandy village, where a number of important issues were considered.During the meeting, issues of forming the budget of Bayandy village for 2026-2028, determining the places of work to be carried out within the framework of the improvement program, making changes to the composition of community members, as well as other current issues were discussed.As a result of the discussion, recommendations and opinions were taken into account and appropriate decisions were made.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mangystau-munaily-bayandy/press/news/details/1144034?lang=kk