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The second group of sources includes works, speeches, messages of the First
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev [48-69]. From the first years of
Kazakhstan’s independence, Elbasy has played a key role in shaping the basic principles
and components of Kazakhstan’s state and foreign policy. Therefore, scientific and
practical importance in the study was the annual State of the Nation Addresses of
President to the people of Kazakhstan. The addresses contain conceptual points
regarding the foreign policy strategy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The annual
addresses of N. Nazarbayev, which were voiced in the form of strategies: Strategy
Kazakhstan 2030 and Strategy Kazakhstan 2050, as well as other messages of the First
President, were actively used in the dissertation. Also, important conceptual provisions
addressing the topic of dissertation research are contained in the writings and speeches
of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev: the Strategy of the
Formation and Development of Kazakhstan as a Sovereign State, In the stream of
history, Epicenter of the world, Five Years of Independence, Critical Decade, On the
Threshold of the 21st Century, Kazakhstan’s Way and others [70-78].

To ensure a consistent, systematic review, in-depth analysis of the development of
Kazakhstan, dissertation uses N. Nazarbayev’s Era of Independence whose name is
inextricably linked the history of the formation of independent Kazakhstan. In a difficult
period of transformation of the social system, cardinal changes in economic, political
and social relations, the activity of the First President ensured the progressive
advancement of the country and society. Written in the genre of historical journalism,
the book reflects the author’s view of the country’s recent history and its future,
characterizes the stages of construction of a sovereign state from the moment of its
foundation, substantiates the internal logic and decision-making mechanism in response
to internal and external challenges during the construction of sovereign Kazakhstan.

The third group of sources contains materials on the official websites of the
President’s Office, Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [79-81] regarding the
strategic documents currently being implemented, functional responsibilities of state
bodies, and information about missions at international organizations.

The fourth group consists of materials of international conventions relating to
internationally binding instruments and other agreements [82-94]. This group of sources
is also represented by the documents establishing and developing bilateral relations of
the Republic of Kazakhstan with the states of its geopolitical environment, as well as the
international organizations.

The next group of sources is represented by memoirs written by diplomats and
political figures whose tremendous work has contributed to the establishment of
sovereignty and the solution of tasks on ensuring the security of the Republic of
Kazakhstan [95-99]. These works contain not only great factual material, but also new
conceptual approaches to the study of bilateral and multilateral relations in Central Asia.
The assessments and analysis of events that took place during the period of the 90s and
00s contained in these works provide an opportunity to understand in more detail not

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