Kazakh president agrees to change capital’s name back to Astana

(Alamy/PA)

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital, three years after he renamed it in honour of his predecessor, his spokesperson said.

One of Mr Tokayev’s first moves on taking office in 2019 after Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down was to call for Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, to be dubbed Nur-Sultan instead.