On the Meeting of the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Holy See with the Leadership of the Vatican Apostolic Archive and the Vatican Apostolic Library

On 12 February 2026, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Holy See, H.E. Mr. Timur Primbetov, held a meeting at the Vatican with the Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, H.E. Mons. Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi, the Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive, Padre Rocco Ronzani, and the Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Rev. Prof. Don Mauro Mantovani.

During the meeting, the parties discussed prospective areas of cooperation and practical modalities for further collaboration between academic institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the two Vatican institutions.

The parties noted with appreciation the positive momentum in academic cooperation. In 2025, four study visits to the Vatican were undertaken by academic delegations from Kazakhstan, including researchers from the R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies and the Eurasian Research Institute of the Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, for the purpose of examining unique historical documents of the Holy See pertaining to the early and medieval history and culture of the Turkic world.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the Ambassador was presented with a Memorandum of Understanding with the R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies, signed by the Vatican side.