Belgrade, 3 November 2026 – Kazakhstan's Ambassador, Bolat Imanbayev, met with Nemanja Grbić, Director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia.
During the meeting, the Ambassador outlined in detail the key points of President Tokayev's Address to the people of Kazakhstan, including the large-scale tasks for the further development of infrastructure, artificial intelligence, education and the social sphere, and also discussed prospects for developing Kazakh-Serbian cooperation in the training of foreign policy personnel and contacts between expert communities.
In particular, specific proposals were presented for strengthening academic cooperation between the two countries on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in February 2026 between the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Diplomatic Academy of the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Grbić, for his part, noted that Kazakhstan and the Central Asian region are of particular interest to Serbia, and expressed readiness to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, presenting a number of practical proposals for organizing regular expert internships between the two academies, as well as thematic lectures and round tables.
During the conversation it was emphasized that, amid global international changes, active dialogue and exchange of views among experts, diplomats and researchers of the two countries serve as a practical instrument for strengthening strategic engagement and trust. The two sides agreed to maintain regular working contacts.
