Regional Public Policy Director at Meta George Chen: "I hope that in the future I will be able to learn the Kazakh language". 

Meta's Regional Public Policy Director, George Chen, at a meeting with the Minister of Information and Social Development, Darkhan Kydyrali, said: "Now I understand that the Kazakh language has become MORE important. And I hope that in the future I will be able to learn the Kazakh language so I can make more friends in the world." 

The minister noted that the Kazakh language is widely used not only in our country, but also in other countries of the world, in this regard, it is necessary to create and improve interface of Meta family apps including Facebook and Instagram in the Kazakh language. "This opportunity for our people and other countries to use Facebook and Instagram apps in the Kazakh language," the minister said. 

In his turn, George Chen said that he is ready for fruitful cooperation especially in the aspect of online safety for children. Meta is also working on the process to appoint a remote company representative dedicated for Kazakhstan in the near future in the hope Meta and the Government of Kazakhstan can strengthen our engagement and cooperation in different areas. 

Minister Darkhan Kydyrali invited George Chen to the upcoming events - Astana Media Week and Central Asian Media Forum – and the ministry also offered to help organize a special social media training for all Kazakhstan’s press secretaries. The professional Facebook and Instagram trainers will come from Meta. 

George Chen thanked the minister for the invitation and expressed his willingness to work with the ministry to organize the training for press secretaries of Kazakhstan. 

The parties also agreed to cooperate on the issues of children's content and create a localized program for teachers and students to learn more about digital media literacy. Meta will help to translate their training materials in both Russian and Kazakh languages.