Aware of the potential for investment from the Muslim countries of the Middle East, Nazarbayev visited Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia; at the same time, he preferred to cast Kazakhstan as a bridge between the Muslim East and the Christian West.
意識到從中東穆斯林國家的投資潛力，納扎爾巴耶夫訪問了伊朗，土耳其，沙特阿拉伯，在同一時間，他寧願哈薩克斯坦作為東方穆斯林和西方基督教之間的橋樑。