{"id":41548,"date":"2025-12-08T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41548"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:29:15","slug":"canadian-ambassador-places-great-hopes-on-the-future-of-kazakh-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/canadian-ambassador-places-great-hopes-on-the-future-of-kazakh-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Ambassador Places Great Hopes on the Future of Kazakh Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Canada to Kazakhstan, Christopher Duggan, delivered a lecture at Maqsut Narikbayev University. His talk took place as part of the course \u201cApplied Diplomacy\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Christopher Duggan<\/strong> spoke about the development of relations between Astana and Ottawa. He also discussed geopolitical issues with students and exchanged views on the shared values of the two countries. In addition, the Ambassador shared his personal diplomatic experience and answered a number of questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c<em>Students of MNU have a bright future. Diplomacy requires the very best professionals; therefore, we must move in the right direction and openly discuss issues of peace, security, and well-being. After today\u2019s lecture, I am pleased to note that I place great hopes on the future of Kazakh diplomacy<\/em>,\u201d <strong>Christopher Duggan <\/strong>emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It should be recalled that at the end of May this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/news\/strengthening-international-cooperation-world-class-diplomats-scientists-and-experts-visit-mnu\/\">MNU also hosted an international roundtable with the participation of representatives from Canada\u2019s governmental and expert institutions<\/a>.<\/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=\"576\" data-id=\"41541\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-76-1-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-76-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-76-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-76-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-76-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-76-1-2048x1152.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=\"41535\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-83-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-83-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-83-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-83-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-83-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-83-2048x1365.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=\"41538\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-63-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-63-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-63-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-63-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-63-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-63-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41546,"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>Canadian Ambassador Places Great Hopes on the Future of Kazakh Diplomacy - 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\/canadian-ambassador-places-great-hopes-on-the-future-of-kazakh-diplomacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canadian Ambassador Places Great Hopes on the Future of Kazakh Diplomacy - MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Canada to Kazakhstan, Christopher Duggan, delivered a lecture at Maqsut Narikbayev University. 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