№ 5 (49), 2011 - KazEnergy

actualKazakhstanstandscommittedto the integrationprocess, as a fullmember of manyinternationaland interregionalorganizationscapita. In comparison with the GDP in 1994,it is 12 times higher.According to the classification of the WorldBank, Kazakhstan is in the group of the nationswith the average income. In the lastdecade, financial revenues of the Kazakhstanisincreased fivefold, the average salaryincreased sixfold, the minimal salaryincreased 25 times. Such essential achievementsmake the citizens be optimistic abouttheir future.Owing to high rates of economic well-being,Kazakhstan is one of the leaders in the CIS.The Republic was one of the first in the post-Soviet space recognized by the EuropeanUnion and the United States as a countrywith market economy. In addition, Kazakhstan- the first CIS country acquired the investmentrating.Among former Soviet republics Kazakhstanis considered as the country with the mostfavorable business climate. It was appreciatedby foreign investors. Distinctive is thatthanks to its positive image Kazakhstan iskeeping a leading position in terms of attractingand implementing investment resourcesto develop its economy despite of thecurrent tough situation in global markets.In 2010, the Customs Union of Kazakhstan,Belarus and Russia began operating. Simultaneouslythe principal documents on creatingof the Common Economic Space of thethree states were adopted.The question of Kazakhstan's accession tothe World Trade Organization is under review,which directly and indirectly provesthat the country is steadily integrating intothe global economy and adapting to a globalcompetition.Political Achievements. Kazakhstanstands committed to the integration process,as a full member of many international andinterregional organizations, actively pursuingthe policy of integration and enteringinto bilateral and multilateral partnershipswith many countries worldwide.Through its initiatives it is gradually developingthe political, military, economic andtrade cooperation with neighbouring andbordering states. The tools of this partnershipare the OSCE, UN, EU, CICA, SCO,the Customs Union, the Eurasian EconomicCommunity, the Organization of CentralAsian Cooperation, the Common EconomicSpace, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.Historical moment in the early independencewas the voluntary renunciation of theworld's fourth powerful nuclear weapons arsenal.Closure of the largest testing site inSemipalatinsk is a kind of the guarantee ofinternal security, and a worthy contributionto global security. In this way Kazakhstanclearly identified the underlying policy ofpeaceful coexistence, tolerance and openness.The fact that the country is at the forefrontof the international anti-nuclear movementhas been proven with the event heldin the capital in October 2011-the InternationalForum For the Nuclear-Free World,which was attended by prominent politi-34 № 5 (49), 2011