Assembly of People of Kazakhstan contributes a lot to ensuring regional and global security - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
ASTANA. December 9. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan contributes a lot to ensuring regional and global security. Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said it during the meeting with Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Sergey Mironov.
'Stability in our country is a major factor of ensuring regional and global security. The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan contributes a lot to it and at the same time becoming a fundamental institution for development of interethnic relations in Kazakhstan. this institution which is represented by the ethnic groups living in our country is called on to ensure the dialogue for all nationalities and ethnic groups based on mutual culture enrichment, national language development, respect for religion and observing norms of tolerance', the Chairman said.
'Kazakhstan as a country with great history of multinational population living in harmony rightfully became a place for holding of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The next Congress will be held in Astana in 2012', Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted.
'We are glad that Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill agreed to take part in the work of the Congress', he added.