GOVERNMENT OF
REPUBLIC OF KAZAKSTAN

Today Karim Massimov, Prime-Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has had a meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and EurAsEC member-states has growth by more than 34%, Kazakh Prime-Minister Karim Massimov said at the meeting of the Intergovernmental Council in Moscow.

The sides dwelt on the outcome of the IPO run by the mining major at the LSE.

Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov who arrived in Georgia to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Georgian President Michael Saakashvili held a number of bilateral meetings while in Tbilisi.

Fitch Ratings has today affirmed National Company KazMunaiGaz's (NC KMG) Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default ratings (IDR) at 'BBB' and Short-term foreign currency IDR at 'F3'. The Outlooks for the Long-term foreign and local currency IDRs are Negative.

The start of commercial production at Kashagan has been delayed to late 2011. This was announced by Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev at a press-conference.

Today, at the Government’s House in Astana, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov met US Senator Richard Lugar.

Today, at the Government’s House in Astana, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov met a group of representatives of Chevron headed Guy Hollingworth, Tengizchevroil's general manager for operations.