Darkhan Kaletayev discussed issues of bilateral cooperation with the British Ambassador to Kazakhstan

Today, the Minister of Religious Affairs and Civil Society of Kazakhstan Darkhan Kaletayev held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Kazakhstan Michael John Gifford.

During the meeting, issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of religion and civil society, organizational aspects of the upcoming visit of the delegation of the Woolf Institute to Kazakhstan were discussed. This Institute is a world leader in academic research of relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims.

It was noted that during the visit of this delegation, a number of events are planned at the end of may this year, in particular, a meeting at the Ministry, a visit to religious buildings, as well as the signing of a Memorandum of cooperation between the International center for cultures and religions and the «Woolf» Institute.

During the conversation, Darkhan Kaletayev stressed that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Republic of Kazakhstan have developed close and trusting relations.

Kaletayev informed about the development of civil society institutions in the country and the ongoing work on the formation of its own model of interaction between the state and religion. The Minister noted that the Concept of state policy in the religious sphere for 2017-2020 has been adopted, on the basis of which a package of amendments to legislation in the sphere of religion has been developed.

Following the meeting, the parties expressed mutual interest in developing further cooperation and interaction in the field of religion and civil society.