UN General Assembly
2007

third of the annual volume of the “economy of terrorism”. It is a well-established fact that terrorism finds fertile ground in unstable and poor countries. We have such a country in our region, Afghanistan. That country is driving an ever-growing trade in drugs. Poor countries need the assistance of developed nations. They need assistance that would give tangible results. Thanks to a thriving economy, our country, until recently a foreign aid recipient, has joined the group of “new donors”. Over the last few years, Kazakhstan has seen its economy grow at an annual rate of some 10 per cent. And now we are in a position to help our neighbours. We are concerned with the difficulties in the process of reconstruction of Iraq and the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan. The peoples of our region, like the entire international community, count on a peaceful solution of the so-called crisis around Iran. The best way to achieve that is for Iran, whose people have a great history and culture, to prove the peaceful character of its nuclear programme.