Maty, Kazakhstan, SPA -- U.S. President George W. Bush urged his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev to follow up the Central Asian nation's recent economic success with democratic reforms, the president's press office said Tuesday. "The latest events in the region have stressed the importance of a balanced economic growth, responsible governance and democratic development," Bush told Nazarbayev in a letter sent Monday, the president's press office said. "I urge you to make sure that economic reforms are backed up with bold democratic reforms in Kazakhstan," President Bush was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
