On 16 April this year, Chairman of the Agency for Religious Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kairat Lama Sharif met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Astana Abdullah Omar Alarnosy.
During the meeting the sides discussed the participation of Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad al-Tayyib, and Minister of Waqfs of the Arab Republic of Egypt Mohammed Abdel Fadil Al Cusi at the IV Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. Particular attention was paid to the establishment of the Council of Religious Leaders.
Ambassador of Egypt Abdallah Omar Alarnosy noted that the establishment of the Council of Religious Leaders will bring the work of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions to a qualitatively new level and will ensure a constructive interfaith dialogue.
