A meeting was held with representatives of Kazakh cultural centers of Uzbekistan

Today on September 19, 2021 the Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aida Balayeva met with representatives of Kazakh cultural centers in Uzbekistan in Tashkent.

During the meeting the Minister said that, in the recently announced Address to the people of Kazakhstan, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev initiated the development of a new Concept of migration policy and, in general, updated issues that can contribute to the adaptation of Kandas arriving to their historical Homeland. In addition, she noted that earlier the procedure and terms of providing state services for issuing relevant documents to ethnic Kazakhs in obtaining citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as on the quotas provided in universities of Kazakhstan for young people from among the Kandas, were significantly simplified.

At the same time, Aida Balayeva stressed the importance of preserving the culture and language of the Kazakh people. One of the largest Kazakh communities in the world lives in Uzbekistan, and last year, with the support of the Ministries of Information and Social Development, Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Cultural and Business House «Abai Uii» was opened in the capital of this country.

The meeting with the Minister was attended by prominent representatives of the Kazakh public of Uzbekistan, including the chairman of the republican Kazakh national cultural center S. Ussenov, academician, professor K. Seidanov and others.