KAZINFORM – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has attended today the capsule laying ceremony at the Astana EXPO-2017 exhibition complex construction site.
Prime Minister Karim Massimov, head of the Presidential Administration Nurlan Nigmatulin, Minister of Environment and Water Resources Nurlan Kapparov, mayor of Astana city Imangali Tasmagambetov, and CEO of “NC “Astana EXPO-2017” JSC Talgat Yermegiyayev were in attendance as well.
By laying the capsule, President Nazarbayev kicked off the construction of the 174 ha-EXPO complex in the Kazakh capital.
After the ceremony the Head of State familiarized with the construction schedule. It is expected that construction and installation works will start in May 2014 and will wrap up in December 2016.
The EXPO-2017 event in Astana will kick off on June 10 and is set to run for three months. It is believed that the exhibition will bring together 100 countries of the world.