OREANDA-NEWS. July 07, 2014. The President N. Nazarbayev attended the opening of the National Defense University’s new building.

N. Nazarbayev congratulated students, graduates and teaching staff of the National Defense University with the opening of the new building. He noted that there should be a center of military training of highly qualified professionals.

In addition, the President said that the new university building will meet the modern requirements of military science.

"The University will have a work lab, and research and development will be conducted, and doctors will be trained and they will defend their dissertations there. The University will invite teachers from Russia and other countries to train by the best world experience," the President said.

At the same time the Head of State pointed out that the university has no clear plan for training military specialists. Nursultan Nazarbayev noted that Kazakhstan's military educational institutions need to follow the example of similar foreign universities that prepare not just professionals, but true leaders. Kazakh President charged to develop the concept of using the new building of the National Defense University.

Nursultan Nazarbayev also focused on the fact that in modern conditions the state should have a strong army for proper security.

"Kazakhstan, thanks to its foreign policy, ensured peace around the perimeter of its borders, has powerful allies. At the same time, our state should have a strong, dedicated and prepared army and loyal officers," the President said.

During a visit to the new building of the National Defense University, President observed the monitoring center of learning processes, strategy department and the university library.

At the end, President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the book of honorable guests.

National Defense University is the only Central Asian higher military educational institution to train military personnel for strategic, operational and theatre-of-war links for Masters and Doctoral programs.