Qatar is interested in expanding cooperation with Kazakhstan in promoting interreligious dialogue

This was stated by the Chairman of the Doha International Center for Interreligious Dialogue Dr. Ibrahim Saleh Al-Naimi at a meeting with the Ambassador of Kazakhstan Arman Issagaliyev.

During the conversation, the current state and prospects for the development of cooperation between the two countries in the religious sphere were discussed, as well as participation in the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which will be held in Nur-Sultan in 2022.

The Kazakh diplomat thanked the Chairman of the Doha Center for his active participation in promoting the initiative of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy N.A. Nazarbayev to convene the Congress. I.Al-Naimi highly appreciated the level and effectiveness of the interreligious forum held in the capital of Kazakhstan every three years, in which the Center headed by him participates on an ongoing basis.

The meeting also touched upon issues of establishing cooperation with the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and intercivilizational dialogue. I. Al-Naimi expressed interest in establishing close working contacts and signing a cooperation agreement between the two institutions. He promised to send an invitation to the head of the Kazakhstan Center for the upcoming annual conference on interreligious dialogue in the spring of 2022, held under the auspices of the Doha Center.

The International Center for Interreligious Dialogue in Doha (DICID) was opened in the capital of Qatar in May 2007 with the aim of developing mutual understanding between representatives of the three monotheistic religions, expanding cultural ties and peaceful coexistence of people of different faiths.