April 15, 2023 Chairman of the Board of the N.Nazarbayev Center for Development of Interfaith and Inter-Civilization Dialogue Bulat Sarsenbayev met with the founder of the movement “Bike for Peace” (“Cyclists for Peace”) Tore Narland, as well as representatives of the movement Tomlinson Reginald Frank, Wulfsberg Margarete, Landvik Tordis, Simonsen Ase from Norway.
During the meeting, B. Sarsenbayev, as the Commissioner for the Promotion of the Goals and Objectives of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, presented the results of the VII Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and its final document - the Declaration, noting that Kazakhstan once again was able to organize a unique dialogue platform for strengthening the principles of consent and tolerance, mutual understanding and cooperation both within the country and in the international arena.
Also, the Chairman of the Board of the Centre told about the preparations for the upcoming anniversary XXI Secretariat of the Congress, which will be held in October 2023.
In turn, T. Narland thanked for the warm welcome and stressed the importance of the N.Nazarbayev Center in the promotion of intercivilizational and interreligious dialogue.
At the end of the meeting, a tour of the Museum of Peace and Harmony was organized for representatives of the “Bike for Peace” movement.
For reference: In 1977, Tore Narland and Helge Hundaide started their first international cycling tour, which they called “Cyclists for the World”. The first tour ran from coast to coast in the United States, Seattle to Washington, D.C. Since 1978 “Bike for Peace” organizes trips for peace and friendship in more than 115 countries of the world.
