Quryltay-2024 Brings Together Ethnic Kazakhs From Southeast, East Asia in Kuala Lumpur 

By Dana Omirgazy in International on 20 November 2024

ASTANA – Kuala Lumpur hosted the inaugural Quryltay-2024 (Congress in Kazakh) conference on Nov. 18, bringing together ethnic Kazakhs from Southeast and East Asia. According to Kazinform, the event, organized by the Kazakh diaspora in Malaysia under the auspices of the Otandastar Foundation and with the support of the Kazakh Embassy …

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