Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev 2016-07-06 13:00:00 At Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. Mr Putin expressed his best wishes to Mr Nazarbayev on his birthday. The President also congratulated Mr Nazarbayev on Kazakhstan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2017–2018. The two presidents discussed the timetable for upcoming top-level contacts. Earlier, Mr Putin sent Mr Nazarbayev a message of congratulations on his birthday.