{"id":37291,"date":"2025-09-29T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37291"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:34:54","slug":"finnish-ambassador-delivers-lecture-at-maqsut-narikbayev-university","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/finnish-ambassador-delivers-lecture-at-maqsut-narikbayev-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Ambassador Delivers Lecture at Maqsut Narikbayev University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Maqsut Narikbayev University (MNU) once again welcomed the Ambassador of Republic of Finland to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, H.E. Janne Heiskanen. This time, the Ambassador gave a lecture to future diplomats.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">During his talk, Janne Heiskanen spoke about Finland\u2019s foreign policy, the country\u2019s transformation over the past century, and its active role in international organizations. He also discussed Finland\u2019s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality. In addition, he engaged with students of the International Relations programme, answering their questions. The lecture was held as part of the special course Applied Diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cThis is my first time giving a lecture at MNU, although I have visited the university before and was impressed by the atmosphere. It is a high-level institution. The students showed genuine interest and asked thoughtful questions. I believe we had a very good discussion. If I am invited again, I would be delighted to return and meet with the students,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;said Ambassador Heiskanen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Finland remains one of Kazakhstan\u2019s key partners in Northern Europe and the European Union. Just last week in New York, President <strong>Kassym-Jomart Tokayev<\/strong>&nbsp;held talks with the President of Finland <strong>Alexander Stubb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"37278\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0926-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0926-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0926-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0926-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0926-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0926-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"37281\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0928-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0928-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0928-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0928-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0928-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0928-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"37284\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0927-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0927-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0927-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0927-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0927-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0927-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37289,"template":"","news-cat":[66],"news_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finnish Ambassador Delivers Lecture at Maqsut Narikbayev University - MNU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/finnish-ambassador-delivers-lecture-at-maqsut-narikbayev-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finnish Ambassador Delivers Lecture at Maqsut Narikbayev University - MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maqsut Narikbayev University (MNU) once again welcomed the Ambassador of Republic of Finland to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, H.E. 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