2nd International Religious Freedom Summit
WASHINGTON, July 29th2022 – The Kazakh delegation led by Chair Bulat Sarsenbayev, N.Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue participated in the 2nd Summit on International Religious Freedom.
At the Summit, Bulat Sarsenbayev and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs Anuar Khatiev at a plenary session dedicated to the regions of South and Central Asia spoke about the importance of promoting religious freedom and interfaith dialogue, as well as preparations for the upcoming VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan.
Moreover, Kazakhstan representatives delivered updates on the work of Government to promote religious freedoms in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as shared a success story on practical implementation of the MOU between the Committee on Religious Affairs of the MISD and LYN Community adopted on previous Summit.
On margins of the event Kazakh delegation met with Co-Chairman of IRF Summit Samuel Brownback, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussein and Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom NuryTurkel.
As a result, parties agreed to further developcooperation in the area of religious freedom, as well as plan to expand contacts between the two countries.