Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy attend a welcoming ceremony in Astana on October 6 2009. Sarkozy praised the strategic importance of Kazakhstan on October 6, as French firms signed deals worth six billion US dollars with the Central Asian state despite concerns on its rights record. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy attend a welcoming ceremony in Astana on October 6 2009. Sarkozy praised the strategic importance of Kazakhstan on October 6, as French firms signed deals worth six billion US dollars with the Central Asian state despite concerns on its rights record.

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