October 26, 2017, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev met with the Head of the Presidential Administration Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Marat Tazhin, the NDH portal reports with reference to the press service of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

During the meeting, the Head of State noted the active discussion of the last version of the Kazakh alphabet on the Latin script and stressed the availability of public support for the proposed version.

It is necessary to issue a decree approving the proposed draft alphabet of the Kazakh language on the Latin script. The commission completed its work. The last version was published. There is a consensus between scientists, linguists, politicians, youth, and representatives of the Assembly of the people of Kazakhstan. In general, the society supports,

said the President of Kazakhstan.

Nursultan Nazarbayev drew attention to the importance of a phased and systemic transition of the Kazakh alphabet to the Latin script.

In addition, the Head of State was informed about the results of the activities of the Working Group on the implementation of the project on the transition of the state language into the Latin alphabet.

Translated by Raushan MAKHMETZHANOVA