Expanding Regional Cooperation

Brasilia, January 7, 2025 - Ambassador Bolat Nussupov met with Professor of the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Ouro Preto, the member of the International Scientific Committee for the organization of the BRICS Congress on Sustainable Development Paulo Santos Assis at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Brazil.

During the meeting, the Brazilian side, presenting the activities of the committee, which also involves all the municipalities of the Federative Republic of Brazil, officially invited the Kazakh side to take part in the meeting of the “BRICS Congress on Sustainable Development 2025”. The event will take place from June 2 to 6, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, during Brazil's presidency of the organization.

According to the organizers, the agenda of the Congress will address issues of energy, the environment and social development, with the presence of around twenty Nobel laureates from the BRICS countries, ministers of relevant portfolios and prominent representatives of the bloc's member and partner countries.

Professor P.Assis, recalling his visit to the city of Taraz and the partnership established a few years ago with M.Kh. Dulati State University, said that he intended to invite leaders from various regions and cities, including Taraz, to take part in the Congress. Dulati State University, informed about his intention to invite leaders from various regions and cities of Kazakhstan, including Taraz, to take part in the Congress.

For his part, the Ambassador highlighted the potential for developing interregional cooperation between the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, considering the existing partnerships between the Federal University of Ouro Preto and the M.Kh.Dulati State University.

The International Scientific Committee of the BRICS Congress on Sustainable Development is responsible for organizing the event under the Brazilian presidency, with the participation of renowned scientists, leaders of Federal Universities, mayors and representatives of Brazilian companies.