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Kazakhstan foreign minister calls for unity in tackling Islamic world issues.

Leaders and Foreign Ministers pose for group a photo session at the 5th Extraordinary Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, 07 March 2016 [EPA]

Kazakhstan and Qatar must work together in the face of unprecedented challenges.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets with Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah in Astana on June 17, 2015 [AFP]

Kazakhstan’s foreign minister on the rise of ISIL and the need for better international cooperation to curb the threat.

Armed Syrian rebels during a parade after completing their training in Daraa [Getty]

The central Asian nation has been working on reducing international nuclear tensions for the past twenty years.

Kazakhstan has long been a beneficiary of Russian technology, such as this satellite-launching rocket, but unilaterally disarmed all nuclear weapons inherited from the Soviet Union [AFP]