Internal security will be built "on three platforms," he said during a ceremony in the Kazakh capital to inaugurate him for a third term as president.
The long-time leader said this meant maintaining "interethnic and religious accord, political stability against the backdrop of serious democratization of the political system, and tough preventive measures against threats to national security," Nazarbayev said.
Kazakhstan, which has enjoyed dynamic economic growth in the last few years on the back of high oil prices, is the world's ninth largest country with a population of about 15,000,000, and has more than 130 ethnic groups and 40 religious denominations.
Nazarbayev was reelected as president for another seven years in a landslide election win in December.
