Astana. August 6. Kazakhstan Today - In the second half of 2008 the economy of Kazakhstan will continue its confident and qualitative growth. The Minister of Economics and Budgetary Planning of Kazakhstan, Bahyt Sultanov said following the results of the expanded government session in the interview to journalists, the agency reports.

"This year we have accepted a number of measures that we talked about at the session, which give us confidence that our economy will grow confidently and qualitatively in the next half of 2008," B. Sultanov concluded.