The rate corridor was kept at plus or minus 1.0 percentage points. The rate on access operations to provide liquidity was set at 10.25 percent, and the rate on access operations to withdraw liquidity at 8.25 percent.

Kazakhstan is trying to adapt by tapping into its vast - and potentially hugely lucrative - renewable energy resources.

The government of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is on a non-stop effort to totally overhaul the economy and image of Central Asia’s largest country.

The aircraft will be sold on both domestic and international markets and will become a new versatile regional aircraft designed to operate on local lines away from central cities.