Kazakhstan President Rejects Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

At the 12th session of the Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan (APK), one of its participants has proposed nominating Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev for the Nobel Peace Prize, Interfax quoted by BBC News reports.

The spokesman at the session suggested that the nomination of Nazarbayev’s candidacy be included in the APK’s final document.

The head of state expressed gratitude for having confidence in him, but he did not support this initiative. “We are working not for awards, but for our country’s prestige,” he said.

After the president’s statement, participants in the session omitted this proposal from the document.

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