Ambassador of Kazakhstan Receive State Award of Land of Rising Sun

The Government of Japan, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor Naruhito of Japan, awarded the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Greece Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhataуev the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.

The Japanese Foreign Ministry website notes that the diplomat was awarded for his contribution to the development of bilateral cooperation and deepening friendly relations between Kazakhstan and Japan.

Ambassador Baudarbek-Kozhatayev served as Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Japan from 2016 to 2021 and was a visiting professor at Tokai University in Japan from 2017 to 2021. The Ambassador speaks Japanese and English.