Politicians, diplomats and scientists summarized the results of 25 years of Kazakhstan's diplomatic service and looked into its future

On June 29, the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference "The 25th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Results, Achievements, Outlook for the Future ", supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Foundation of the First President of Kazakhstan and the Institute of World Economy and Politics.

The event was attended by Assistant to the President on International Issues Nurlan Onzhanov, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security of Mazhilis of the Parliament Maulen Ashimbayev, Chairman of the Board of Astana Expo-2017 National Company JSC Akhmetzhan Yessimov, the high-ranking representatives of foreign diplomatic corps, veterans of the MFA of Kazakhstan, international political scientists and experts, as well as media representatives.

In his opening remarks, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kairat Abdrakhmanov, noted that during the years of Independence domestic diplomacy has established a reliable system of relations with all the world countries and international organizations based on the principles of mutually beneficial cooperation and pragmatism.

“Thanks to the balanced foreign policy course of the First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan is deservedly perceived on the world stage as a generator of stability, a dynamic and prosperous model for the state development. Our country has rightly become a recognized leader in nuclear disarmament, an active moderator in the dialogue of cultures, religions and civilizations. Today, Kazakhstan participates on an equal footing and contributes to the resolution of regional and global problems of the modern world”, the Foreign Minister noted.

Kairat Abdrakhmanov emphasized the role of the veterans of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, whose titanic work and professionalism laid the foundation for achieving the current heights on the international arena.

According to the general opinion of the participants of the event, the multivector, balanced and pragmatic foreign policy of Independent Kazakhstan, created by the President of the country, is the only model that meets the requirements of the development of such state as ours. The accomplished large-scale tasks and creative international initiatives of the Head of Kazakhstan have become a firm guarantee of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, the basis for the safe and stable development of the society for the long term.

Nurlan Onzhanov's book "Peacemaker: Syrian Knot", dedicated to the active work of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to seek a settlement of the Syrian crisis, as well as his effective mediation in the settlement of Russian-Turkish relations last year, was also presented during the conference.

Within the framework of the event, a documentary film and an exhibition of archival documents, illustrating the milestones of the formation of the diplomatic service of Independent Kazakhstan, were also demonstrated. Participants of the event saw rare archive photos and video materials about the first steps of the young state in the international arena in 1991, the initiative of the Head of State on convening the CICMA, the historic chairmanship in the OSCE, the active mediation in complex global political crises, the election to non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, the EXPO-2017 Exhibition.

Meaningful discussions on the conference-related topics were held during the main plenary and two sessions "Formation and development of the diplomatic service of the Republic of Kazakhstan: results and achievements" and "Future prospects of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the international arena".

Foreign participants of the conference, including the current and former ambassadors of Russia, PRC, USA, Canada, France, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Korea, as well as British scientists, highly assessed Kazakhstan's foreign policy achievements, the potential and relevance of the country's diplomacy in the modern world order.