On 11/03/2023, a lecture by the famous diplomat and orientalist Baltabai Torebaiuly Omarov “The place and importance of the countries of the Arab world in the system of modern international relations” was held offline/online, as part of the 3-round table “A competitive specialist is the need of our time” of the Arab branch of the department of eastern philology.
Graduates of the Arabic language department, who work as the Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Zhumabek Rauan, Nurmukhanov B. - translator, Berik Kanat - assistant-translator of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Republic of Kazakhstan, also joined the online round table and shared their experience becoming a competitive specialist.
The round table was attended by Vice-Rector for International Relations of the Ablai khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages Zhyltyrova Zh. T., Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Professor Kagazbaeva E.M., Dean of the Pedagogical Faculty of Foreign Languages, Head of the Doctoral Program in Translation Studies, Professor Islam Aybarsha, head of the Department of Eastern Philology, Professor Burkitbay G. Zh., teachers of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, graduates of the Arabic department, 1-4 year students in the educational program “Foreign Philology”, “Oriental Studies”, “Translation Studies”, “International Relations”.
Students asked questions and exchanged opinions on modern geopolitical conditions in the countries of the East, diplomats-Arabists shared experiences and advice on how to become a competitive professional diplomat, orientalist-Arabist.