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Kazakhstan to direct 2.200 bln tenge for strengthening defence

Business Materials 13 October 2011 16:56 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 13 / Trend /

Kazakhstan will direct 2.200 bln tenge into the implementation of measures to strengthen defence, homeland security, law and order, as well as to deal with emergency situations in 2012-2014, BBC Monitoring reported.

The current exchange rate is 147.89 tenge for one dollar.

"In 2012-14, spending on defence and on dealing with emergencies will amount to 1.016 bln tenge, including 346 bln tenge in 2012," Finance Minister Bolat Zhamishev said at a meeting of the parliament's lower house in Astana today, presenting the draft state budget for 2012-14.

Meanwhile, spending by [Kazakh] law-enforcement agencies to maintain public security in the period will be 1.159 bln tenge, including 406 bln tenge in 2012, he added.

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