US$ 1 billion out of US$ 10 billion allotted from National Fund will be directed on small and medium business support, Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kazakh President said tesyerday.

“1.8 million people work in these spheres. We should not leave them in these hard times,” President noted.

“Government will continue to work with Pension funds to inject additional US$ 1 billion in small business development,” Nazarbaev said.