THE EMBASSY OF KAZAKHSTAN TO SOUTH AFRICA TAKES PART IN THE VIDEO CONFERENCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE DAY OF ABAI AND THE ABAI’S 175TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Nur-Sultan – Tshwane

 

10 August 2020

 

The Embassy of Kazakhstan to South Africa took part in an online conference dedicated to the 175th birth anniversary of the great poet and philisopher Abai Qunanbaiyly and a new holiday, celebrated on August 10 – the Day of Abai.

 

The event was held on the theme, “ABAI: HISTORY AND MODERN TIMES”.

 

This virtual round table was co-organized jointly by the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) and the Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Research of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

The scientific conference was attended by H.E. Dr. Zhanseit Tuimebayev, Deputy Chairman and Head of the APK and Dr. Talgat B. Kaliyev, Director of the Institute of Applied Ethno-Political Studies, and moderated by Dr. Aigul Saduakasova, Chairman of the Scientific Expert Council of the APK.

 

Scholars and historians from Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan, members of the APK Scientific and Expert Council, diplomats, as well as representatives of the academic circles also took part in the said event.