JHU SAIS to Host Forum With Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan

Kassymzhomart Tokaev, minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan, will speak at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Thursday, 07/6 at 5 p.m.

Tokaev, who also served as the country's prime minister from 1999 to 2002, will address the emerging role of Kazakhstan-as well as Central Asia as a whole-in today's international arena.

Elizabeth Jones, former assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan, will introduce the foreign minister at this forum hosted by the SAIS Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI).

The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the Kenney Auditorium of the school's Nitze Building, located at 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to CACI at 202.663.7721 or caci2@mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu.

Members of the media who want to cover this event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or fneuringer@jhu.edu.