published 2018-06-19 11:06:24
The annual meeting of the Kazakhstan Council on Foreign Relations (CASMO) was held in Astana. Speaking at the forum, Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Honorary Chairman of KASMO Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev expressed the opinion that the Council should become an effective discussion center, where, based on a deep and comprehensive analysis of world development trends, innovative approaches will be developed to solve pressing issues of Kazakhstan's foreign policy.
K. Tokaev noted the turbulent nature of the situation in the world caused by the clash of two main trends - globalism and nationalism. The speaker also believes that the nature of modern international relations is determined primarily by the struggle for markets. In this regard, processes in integration associations need serious analysis. The Eurasian Economic Union should become a subject of special attention in terms of strengthening its potential in the interests of the Kazakhstani economy. The speaker urged experts to address the SCO, which has become a serious factor in global politics. In serious analytical support, cooperation of Kazakhstan with the main Central Asian states should develop.
According to K. Tokaev, representatives of institutions, centers, in the broad sense, the entire civil society represented by non-governmental organizations should be more widely involved in the analytical work carried out under the auspices of the Council.
The speaker believes that the efforts of analysts will be in demand in the context of upcoming events important from the point of view of geopolitics, including the presentation of the International Financial Center in Astana; Summit of the heads of the Caspian littoral states; VI Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. These events will require experts to provide professional forecasting for the medium and long term, and develop useful recommendations.
Chairman of the Council Erlan Karin made a report on the work of CASMO for 2017 and information on priority areas of activity for 2018-2019. The event was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Presidential Aide Nurlan Onzhanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan Party, Maulen Ashimbaev, heads of leading domestic analytical centers, and representatives of the expert community.
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