ASTANA, April 19 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's gross domestic
product rose 4.9% year-on-year in the first quarter, Prime
Minister Alikhan Smailov told a government meeting on Wednesday.
Smailov said the Central Asian nation's economy has adapted
to adverse external conditions which slowed growth to 3.2% last
year.
(Reporting by Tamara Vaal; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing
by Kim Coghill)
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