The N. Nazarbayev Center will develop cooperation with the Uzbek Center of Islamic Civilization

On March 3, 2021, in Tashkent, Chairman of the Board of the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue Bulat Sarsenbayev and Director of the Center for Islamic Civilization under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shoazim Minovarov signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation.

The purpose of the memorandum is to implement cooperation in the field of inter-civilizational and inter-confessional dialogue, the development of the principles of tolerance and harmony.
The parties recognize that the fundamental condition for the sustainable development of the world is dialogue, mutual respect and friendship between representatives of different faiths, ethnic groups and cultures.
Chairman of the Board of the N. Nazarbayev Center Bulat Sarsenbayev noted the growing role of the religious and scientific expert community in the development of research projects in the field of confessional relations, as well as the importance of exchanging experience between the two fraternal countries on issues of interreligious tolerance, expanding cooperation.
During his working visit to Uzbekistan, Bulat Sarsenbayev also held a number of meetings with the Chairman of the Board of Muslims of Uzbekistan, Mufti U. Alimov, and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan F. A. Alimov.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine to the Republic of Uzbekistan Mohammad Tarshahani.
It should be noted that at the initiative of the Uzbek side, the meetings were widely covered in the local media. In particular, Bulat Sarsenbayev gave an interview to the leading TV channel "Uzbekistan 24", news portals "Muslim.uz", "Batafsil.uz", "Uza.uz" and other media.