18:25, 20 April 2009 | GMT +5
Kazakh diplomat wins XII Oratorical Contest in Tokyo
ASTANA. April 20. KAZINFORM /Kurmat Samarkhan/ XII Oratorical Contest has been held among foreign diplomats accredited in Tokyo. Press secretary of the Kazakh MFA Ilyas Omarov has made it public at a briefing.

?It is pleasant to note that its winner became Second Secretary of the Kazakh Embassy in Japan Batyrkhan Kurmanseit. He won the first prize ? Cup of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan?, I.Omarov emphasized.
In the contest B.Kurmanseit demonstrated excellent knowledge of the Japanese language, comprehension of the Japanese culture and psychology of its nation and won opponents from 19 countries.