"I have decided to end my duties as president," Nazarbaev said in a televised address to the nation on March 19.
"Waxaan go'aansaday in aan soo afjaro waajibaadkeyga ka madaxweyne ahaan," ayaa uu yiri Nazarbaev oo ka hadlayey telefishinka dalkaasi bishan Maarso 19-keedii.