Russian Language: Majilis to Consider Bill on International Organization

Deputies of the lower house have taken up the draft law “On the ratification of the treaty establishing an international organization for the Russian language,” Orda.kz reports.

According to MP Aigul Kuspan, the agreement on creating such an organization was signed in Bishkek on October 13, 2023. 

The Russian language, along with English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese and French, has the status of an official language of the UN. The Treaty is aimed at developing and strengthening friendship, good neighborliness, mutual understanding and mutually beneficial cooperation between the parties, including through the maintenance and promotion of the Russian language as a language of interstate communication and a means of communication, Aigul Kuspan said at a Majilis plenary session.

Original Author: Zhadra Zhulmukhametova