Kazakh ambassador spoke at University of Scranton on expanding citizen diplomacy

Ambassador Umarov spoke to students and faculty about expanding citizen diplomacy and the early years of Kazakhstan's independence shaped by President Nazarbayev's three core decisions that proved to be essential to its path to success: renouncing nuclear weapons, pursuing fundamental economic reforms and investing in the education of a new generation. Ambassador Umaorv also talked about Kazakhstan's developments and priorities, like the 2050 Strategy, G-Global platform, and effort to promote tolerance and interreligious dialogue worldwide. The University of Scranton's Jay Nathan Scholarship provides assistance to graduate students from Mongolia, Thailand, India, Poland or the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan, The Astana Times reports.