Azeri Ambassador proposes to rename Kazakhstan’s capital in favor of Nazarbayev

Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan Latif Gandilov suggested to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to rename Astana into Sultan-Ata ("Father Sultan"), Interfax-Azerbaijan reported.

The diplomat also explained the logic behind this move to a local newspaper:

If you remember, the president said that friends called him Sultan when [he was] a child. And we all know that His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev considers Astana his child. So why not name this city after him?

It is not the first time that Azerbaijan tries to bring enlightenment to its ignorant brethren across the Caspian Sea, in barren land of Central Asia.

Earlier, Azerbaijani Idol-Makers Union a.k.a. Azerbaijan Artists' Union was engaged in bringing haute culture to Turkmenistan by preparing statues of late Turkmenbashi (1940-2006), father of all Turkmens.

Turkish and Azeri presidents were also busy by giving a short introduction to journalism for newly-elected Turkmen President, while the Azeri embassy in Ashgabat was planning to translate and publish Heydar Aliyev's biography.