ASTANA. March 19 (Interfax) - Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has stepped down as Kazakh president, will carry on as chief of the country's Security Council.
"You have put your trust in me all these years. I was happy to serve the people. I bow my head and express gratitude. I worked hard to fulfill the will of the people. I will continue at the head of the Security Council and the Nur Otan party," Nazarbayev said during his televised address to the nation on Tuesday.