Nazarbayev: Respectful and careful attitude to religion, interests of believers - Kazakhstan's principal policy
ALMATY. January 18. KAZINFORM /Yelena Ilyinskaya/ Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has received Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill in Almaty today.
The Patriarch handed over order "Glory and Honor" - highest award of the Russian Orthodox Church.
A wide range of issues regarding tolerance, interfaith and interethnic concord were discussed at the meeting. "Today Kazakhstan created all necessary efforts for religion development", the Head of the State said. It was noted that respectful and careful attitude to religion, interests of believers is Kazakhstan's principal policy.
Patriarch Kirill expressed gratitude to the Kazakh President for the policy of interethnic and interfaith concord, he highly appraised integration initiatives of the Kazakh leader. The Moscow guest informed of the activity, which the Orthodox Church conducts on maintenance and strengthening morality and spirituality in society.