Sultanate of Oman broaden the circle of interfaith dialogue participants
19:44, 9 April 2009
ASTANA. April 9. KAZINFORM. Today in Masqat Special Envoy of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Senate Vice-Spokesman Mukhambet Kopeyev met with Personal Representative of Sultan of Oman Asad bin Tariq al-Said and extended the official invitation to Sultan Qaboos bin Said from President Nazarbayev to take part in the III World Religions Congress in July in Astana.
During the talks Mukhambet Kopeyev informed the Oman party of the efforts of Kazakhstan to promote the global interconfessional dialogue and the work of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
?The participation of the Oman representatives in the forthcoming Congress in Astana will broaden the circle of interfaith dialogue participants on the high level, and contribute to the strengthening of trust between people of different religions and cultures?, the Vice Speaker of Kazakhstan said.
Asad bin Tariq al-Said thanked for the invitation and wished welfare and prosperity to Kazakhstan. The Representative of the Sultanate appreciated the role of Kazakhstan in the international arena and confirmed the intention of his country to deepen the cooperation with Kazakhstan.