Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan received the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, the Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia

Nur-Sultan, October 11, 2021 – Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Akan Rakhmetullin received Natalia Gherman, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.

The meeting focused on the regional peace and security cooperation, counter-terrorism issues, water and energy cooperation, strengthening the preventive diplomacy capacity, as well as priorities of Kazakhstan's chairmanship in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in 2021-2022.

Mr. Rakhmetullin briefed Ms. German on Kazakhstan's humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and Central Asian countries, as well as our regional and international initiatives in the peace and security areas.

Ms. German conveyed the gratitude of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the country's leadership for the invitation to the 6th meeting of the CICA Foreign Ministers and for the "exemplary cooperation" between Kazakhstan and the UN. She expressed appreciation to Kazakhstan for establishing a temporary remote office of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in Almaty and fruitful cooperation in implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia.

The parties agreed to continue working constructively in these areas and on other initiatives of the Regional Center aimed at conflict prevention and resolution.