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Kazakh PM orders timely conduct of restoration work in Zhanaozen

Kazakhstan Materials 20 December 2011 20:52 (UTC +04:00)
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov ordered to conduct all necessary restoration work and fulfill all decisions taken on Zhanaozen in time. He made such a statement at a government meeting , Kazinform reported.
Kazakh PM orders timely conduct of restoration work in Zhanaozen

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov ordered to conduct all necessary restoration work and fulfill all decisions taken on Zhanaozen in time. He made such a statement at a government meeting , Kazinform reported.

"We are solving operational issues, but underlying reasons due to which all it happened still require certain investigation," Masimov said.

Head of Government added that the second phase of work is needed to ensure that it will not happen again in Zhanaozen and in any Kazakh other city in the future.

On Friday mass riots took place in the Kazakh oil town of Zhanaozen in the Mangistau region which killed 14 and injured about 90 people. President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree to impose a state of emergency in the area from Saturday. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, situation in the Zhanaozen city is gradually stabilizing.

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