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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Former chief of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is now the Speaker of Kazakh Senate. UNOG employees warmly recall their former chief Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, among others: “His speeches during MGIMO alumni reunions and at Geneva School of Diplomacy always aroused the interest of the audience. It could not have been otherwise, because his words were deep by essence and bright by form. And I was truly pleased with personal communication with him. In our meetings I noticed appropriateness of his remarks, wittiness, simpleness and goodwill. Those of his books I read posed Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as an exceptionally talented word painter as well as a gifted politician and diplomat“, the GSD professor told Kazinform correspondent. To read the full article, please click here.