We try to bring together Europe and Asia: President

ASTANA. December 23. KAZINFORM /Lyudmila Malko/ "We will try to pull together Europe and Asia", Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said today at the new office of "Egemen Kazakhstan" newspaper answering question of CEO of "Arna-Media" Holding Yerlan Baizhanov on the priorities of the foreign policy of Kazakhstan for the coming two years, taking into account the Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship in 2010 and the OIC chairmanship in 2011.
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"How do you think, are we able to pull them together somehow as long as these are the two different worlds?", Y.Baizhanov asked.

"This is a good question. Yes, there exist opinions on possibility of a clash of two civilizations. But our country cooperates with the civilizations in the Alliance. We hold congresses of the religious leaders. Our initiative on the confidence-building measures in Asia is another great work. In this regard, we should think over how to build up the work on this direction", the President answered.

He also noted that his good contacts with the Vatican, the King of Saudi Arabia and a range of leaders of these two different worlds are able to support the establishment of mutual understanding between the civilizations.      

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