On April 15, 2021, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute Board Bolat Nurgaliyev met with Aigul Kosherbayeva, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development, Research and International Cooperation of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The meeting was also attended by Director of the Institute of Diplomacy under the APA Marian Abisheva and Deputy Chair of the FPRI Board Manarbek Kabaziev.

B. Nurgaliyev informed the colleagues about medi- and long term perspectives of the FPRI activities. The participants exchanged views on topical issues of interacting in the course of scientific and analytical research, conducting joint events involving the FPRI analysts and the faculty of the Academy, as well as coordinating participation in dialogue platforms to discuss current aspects of international and regional situation.

The participants discussed policy of cooperation in advancing joint publications into leading foreign journals with the Impact-factor coefficient.

As a result of the meeting, an agreement was reached to sign a Memorandum of cooperation as a basis for further strengthening of relations, mutual training of the FPRI experts, PhD and Master's degree students of the APA including.