Ambassador of Kazakhstan visited the corner of Kazakhstan in the Rhododendron Park of the Botanical Garden "Babite" University of Latvia

Riga, June 4, 2024 – Ambassador of Kazakhstan Dauren Karipov visited the Kazakh corner of the rhododendron park in the Botanical Garden "Babite" of the University of Latvia within the framework of the Day of State Symbols of the Republic of Kazakhstan, where he met with the management of the park and its chief breeder Gunita Riekstinja, as well as the head of the fan club "Dimash Dears" Marina Ulmane.

On the main avenue of the park planted varieties of rhododendrons under the names "Qazaqstan", "Dimash Qudaibergen", "Miuaniz", which formed a corner of Kazakhstan. The last two varieties were bred in 2020 and named in honour of Dimash and his grandmother Miua Nizamutdinova. The variety "Qazaqstan" was bred in 2021 in anticipation of the 30th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan and has a Latvian certificate as well as a certificate from the British Royal Horticultural Society.

The Kazakh diplomat thanked the fan club "Dimash Dears" and the management of the park for the great work in popularising Kazakhstan and its culture in the European Union and presented the chief breeder of the park G.Riekstina tourist guide about Kazakhstan, issued this year by the Embassy in Kazakh, Latvian and English languages.