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Arab News, 28.06.2011, Kazakhstan leader pushes for progress, urges OIC states to rethink priorities
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Arab News, 28.06.2011, Kazakhstan leader pushes for progress, urges OIC states to rethink priorities


“The Islamic community desperately needs peace, modernization, scientific and technological development, and education,” Nazarbayev told OIC delegates. “The combined economic potential of the Ummah is inexhaustible, and we need to unite efforts to develop effective mechanisms for cooperation, mutual aid, and promotion of development.”

He said current statistics emphasized the need for action.

“Average GDP per capita at purchasing power parity in the OIC countries equals nine-and-a-half thousand dollars, while the similar figure for European countries equals more than $24,000,” the president said. “There is a serious imbalance in development among the OIC countries. For example, GDP per capita between the most developed and least developed states differs by more than 100 times. OIC countries control 70 percent of global energy resources; however, they account for only 7.5 percent of global GDP and 11 percent of total volume of global trade, and this situation is totally unacceptable.”

He said it was time for Muslim nations to capitalize on both innovations and existing strengths and offered to share Kazakhstan’s financial expertise with OIC member states.

“The global economic crisis has shown that the Islamic financial and economical model is stable and viable. One of the useful and effective products that the Ummah can offer the world is the system of Islamic financing,” Nazarbayev said.

“Kazakhstan opened the Islamic bank. We are actively promoting the Islamic financing and creation of benchmarking in the area of Islamic finance instruments in the region. I propose that an international conference on Islamic banking takes place in Almaty, as well as to develop Almaty as a regional financial center that is actively engaged in Islamic finance.”

He said the growing population of Muslim nations requires a shift in thinking from leaders of the Muslim world.

“International experts have estimated that by the year 2030 the population of the Muslim Ummah will account for more than 2.2 billion people, which will be more than a quarter of the world’s population,” Nazarbayev said. “These immense human resources require adequate levels of education and science. The creation of intellectual elite capable of generating new ideas that would serve the renaissance of the Islamic civilization must be our common goal.”

He spoke of the intellectual dominance of the Muslim world in earlier times and said it was time for a rebirth of scholarship and science.

“In the early days of the Renaissance, the peoples of Christian Europe wore oriental dresses and read philosophic works of the Muslim authors. The introduction of Arabic figures and counting system led to breakthroughs in mathematics, algebra, and geometry, which created the ground for the subsequent development of teaching system, architecture, trade — and further prosperity for all of Europe. Relying on this powerful historical foundation, we are obliged to unite our efforts to revive the intellectual role of the Islamic civilization. It is crucial to understand the reason for the loss of intellectual mightiness and constructive dynamism by the Muslim Ummah,” Nazarbayev said.

“Why are Islamic countries — with their immense natural and human resources, and financial capacities — at a modest level in the hierarchy of the global development? Why are Islamic universities not in the top leading higher educational institutions of the world? Why have there been no world-scale discoveries in natural sciences and technology in Muslim countries over the last twenty years? It is impossible not to notice these realities. Apparently, neither money, nor rich natural resources will play a defining role in achieving innovations and the development of Islamic civilization. But the intellectual environment and socio-political climate will.”

He urged OIC support to establish nuclear weapon free zones in Central Asia and the Middle East. Nazarbayev also stressed the importance of tolerance and respect for other religions and cultures toward Islam regaining respect among the peoples of the world.

“Kazakhstan is a secular state with a Muslim-majority population. We stand for unity of all Muslims on the basis of enlightenment, moderation and tolerance both toward each other and toward representatives of other religions,” Nazarbayev said. “Preserving cultural and religious traditions and peculiarities of different ethnic groups, we put social and economic modernization — improving peoples’ standard of living — at the top of our priorities. The more successful Muslim countries are, the more attractive the image of Islam will be throughout the world.”

Siraj WAHAB

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand, 29.06.2011, Foreign Minister discusses future of the OIC and expanded economic cooperation with Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan


On 28 June 2011, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met with Mr. Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan at the eve of the 38th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM 38) of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) held between 28-30 June 2011 in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, to discuss issues of mutual interests and concern including future of the OIC, expanded economic cooperation and cooperation on religions.

The Kazakh Foreign Minister thanked Foreign Minister Kasit for travelling to Kazakhstan to attend the CFM 38 and emphasized that this meeting was particularly significant since it was the first such meeting since the political situation in the Middle East and North Africa had taken place. As such, the OIC needed to adjust itself accordingly in order to meet the new political environment and global challenges.

Foreign Minister Kasit affirmed that Thailand is ready to closely cooperate with the OIC. He said that Thailand and Kazakhstan could also enhance cooperation to oppose extremism and Islamophobia as well as transnational crimes. He further noted that sharing of experiences on the integration of minority groups could be useful since Kazakhstan is home to over 200 minority groups.

The Kazakh Foreign Minister also stressed that Kazakhstan’s President and Government have placed high priority on promoting relations with Thailand in all areas. Foreign Minister Kasit shared the same sentiment and stressed that, Thailand would continue to closely cooperate with Kazakhstan. In addition to close cooperation between Thailand and Kazakhstan in the OIC, the two countries also work closely in other regional and international fora as such the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the United Nations. In this regard, the Kazakh Foreign Minister praised Thailand for its active role in CICA and expressed hope that Thailand would continue to do so.

Foreign Minister Kasit noted Kazakhstan’s increasing role in the United Nations and praised Kazakhstan for its sustained economic and political stability. He further suggested that the two countries could increase cooperation in the area of energy security, especially petroleum. Foreign Minister Kasit said that direct flights between the two countries could be increased and, thereby, served to increase awareness and greater people-to-people contact. With regard to logistics, both sides agreed to consider identifying optimal routes for trade connectivity in order to increase bilateral trade and investment between the two countries.