Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ayimdos Bozzhigitov, was in Gyumri. After meeting with the Governor of Shirak Marz, Feliks Tsolakyan, and discussing some issues especially about economic cooperation, he attended the international conference entitled “Cultural and humanitarian partnership between the Republics of Kazakhstan and Armenia” at the Gyumri Pedagogical Institute. It was organized in cooperation of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Armenia, Globalization and Regional Cooperation Analytical Centre, and the Gyumri Pedagogical Institute.
In the beginning, the Ambassador spoke a little about his country. He also informed that according to official data 25 thousand Armenians are living in Kazakhstan, and according to the data by the Armenian community in Kazakhstan, the number of Armenians is 45 thousand people. He also stressed that Kazakhstan is a country with 130 different nationalities. Various speeches were delivered about the Armenian-Kazakh scientific, educational, cultural and humanitarian partnership.
Then, Q&A between the participants and the ambassador began. Political scientist Gagik Hambaryan reminding Ayimdos Bozzhigitov that the reading of Ilham Aliyev’s letter by Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, on 29 May 2014 was not univocally adopted in Armenia, and asked whether it would not affect the Armenian-Kazakh relations. “All Armenians realize of what Kazakhstan’s stance is today. Kazakhstan’s political stance is clear. Kazakhstan welcomes Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union. As for May 29, a letter was received, the letter could be received in Moscow if it were held in Moscow, but since the conference was held in Astana, the coordinator here was the President of Kazakhstan. He has just voices the letter, you remember the text: it was clear and definite, and it referred to the fact that Armenia’s borders for the accession to the Customs Union should comply with the legislation of the Customs Union, which had certain requirements,” said the Ambassador.
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The political scientist countered that such letters are addressed by the President of Azerbaijan to the Presidents of the Russian Federation and Belarus, but they did not read these letters. He also reminded that Armenia being a member of numerous international organizations since 1992 has never dealt with this problem, in addition, Armenia has never announced that Artsakh is a part of Armenia, it is a sovereign and unrecognized republic… “I said Nazarbayev was the coordinator as it was held in Kazakhstan. What he received, he voiced it, there was nothing else to offend anyone,” continued the ambassador.
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