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Rabbi Schneier and H.E. Bulat Sarsenbayev, Chairman of the Board of the N. Nazarbayev Center for Development of Interfaith and Inter-Civilizational Dialogue signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington D.C. They were joined by FFEU Executive Director Chris Sacarabany and N. Nazarbayev Center Senior Consultant Kanat Jumabekov. The two organizations will work together to promote the ideals of coexistence and cooperation as championed by faith leaders including Pope Francis at the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
A week before the MOU signing, Rabbi Schneier was welcomed at the Embassy by Ambassador Yerzhan Ashikbayev who presented the rabbi with a citation from H.E. Maulen Ashimbayev, Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan and Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, for his leadership and participation in Kazakhstan's global interfaith conference.
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