Pope Francis at a meeting with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, which took place in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, on the eve of the beginning of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, said that the democratic transformation of power in Kazakhstan would lead this republic to prosperity and prosperity. He expressed ” thanks to the Kazakh authorities for abolishing the death penalty in the country.”

The Seventh Conference of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will be held in Nur-Sultan from 13 to 15 September. This year’s event is attended by Pope Francis, Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque Ahmed al-Tayeb, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Chief Rabbi of Western Jews in Israel (Ashkenazi) David Lau, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yousef and senior United Nations officials . conference. In total, more than 100 delegations from 51 countries will take part in the conference.