On 11 January 2024, Ambassador of Turkmenistan Batyr Rejepov met with Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan Balayeva Aida.
During this meeting, the parties discussed a number of bilateral issues of cultural and humanitarian cooperation and touched upon the issues of developing promising areas of collaboration. In particular, the parties exchanged views on the following topics:
- Progress in the implementation of the project for the monument to the Turkmen poet Magtymguly Fragi in Astana;
- Construction of a monument to the Kazakh national thinker Abai Kunanbayev on the territory of the Magtymguly Fragi cultural and park complex under construction in Ashgabat;
- Holding of the Days of Culture of Turkmenistan in Kazakhstan in 2024.
Also, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan also informed about the International conference at the level of Ministers of Culture to be held this year in Turkmenistan, celebrating the motto “Treasure of the Wisdom of Magtymguly Fragi” in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great poet.
Ambassador invited the Kazakhstan side to take a part in this event.
At the end of the meeting, the Turkmen envoy presented the minister with the book “Arkadag – the city of the future”, authored by the National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
The parties also agreed to maintain regular contacts on these and other issues of mutual interest. ///nCa, 16 January 2024