On February 16, 2023, the FPRI Chairman of the Board Bolat Nurgaliyev took part in the presentation of the book by the Director of the Institute of Modern Studies of L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University Mukhit-Ardager Sydyknazarov «Uninterrupted Continuity of Kazakhstan's Statehood in the Flow of History. The Kazakh State in European and American Maps of the XVI-XIX Centuries», which was held at the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana. The event was attended by prominent political and public figures, representatives of the academic community, teachers and students of universities, located in the capital.
Along with other speakers, B. Nurgaliyev noted the fundamental importance of the research Professor M.-A. Sydyknazarov has conducted for 17 years, objectively proving the scientific fact of uninterrupted continuity statehood of the Kazakh nation, documentary evidence of which is available on maps printed in Europe in the middle of the XVI century. The geopolitical aspects of the work were underlined, as well as its value to Kazakh diplomats and political scientists. The book including a substantial argumentation base for promoting our country's initiatives to deepen Central Asian and Turkic integration.