Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in the discussion on situation in Central Asia at the Munich Security Conference

On February 16, 2020, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasym-Jomart Tokayev attended the panel session of the 56th Munich Security Conference themed "Geography matters: Conversation about Central Asia". President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani also took part in the discussion. The event was moderated by Richard Nathan Haas, American diplomat, President of the Council on Foreign Relations.

The event took the form of a live conversation, where the speakers, answering the moderator's questions, shared their vision for solving security problems in Central Asia.

Speaking about the role of the region, Kasym-Jomart Tokayev expressed the opinion that its significance in global geopolitics will only increase.

The President informed the forum participants about Kazakhstan's foreign policy priorities, our country's relations with Russia, China, the EU, the United States, as well as with Afghanistan.

A separate topic of discussion was regional security issues. The Head of state told about measures taken against drug trafficking and contribution of Kazakhstan to counterring terrorism, mentioning in this regard the results of "Zhusan" and "Rusafa" operations.

Besides, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev acquainted the audience with priorities of his presidency, main directions of political and economic reforms. In this context, the President stressed that he attaches utmost importance to the diversification of economy, development of innovations and digitalization.

At the end of the session, the Head of state answered questions from the audience.