Career
While Umarov assumed the post as Ambassador in January 2013, he previously served in Washington as Minister-Counselor at the Embassy between 1998 and 2003. Most recently, he was deputy foreign minister. As Ambassador, Umarov has emphasized cooperation with the United States. in the areas of economic development and investment.
He has met with civil society groups and discussed religious freedom in Kazakhstan and has served on panels in Washington, District of Columbia on Kazakhstan’s economic and political influence in the region.
Ambassador Umarov wrote an oped in United States News & World Report making the case why Kazakhstan should serve as non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council for 2017-2018. In August 2014, Ambassador Umarov traveled to Southwest Missouri with Congressman Billy Long (R-MO7) and visited agribusinesses, manufacturing and high tech companies.
Letter from Kazakhstan: Why we believe in the nuclear fuel bank, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August 27, 2015
Expanding Into Central Asia: Kazakhstan Joins World Trade Organization, Forbes, July 28, 2015
Close the door on nuclear dangers, The Hill, September 14, 2014
Kazakhstan-United States. Strategic Partnership on the Rise, The Astana Times, March 24, 2014. Kazakhstan is a Serious Candidate for the United Nations Security Council, United States News & World Report, October 21, 2013.
Ethnic & Religious Diversity in Kazakhstan
United States Investment in Kazakhstan
Speech at press conference for boxing match between Beibut Shumenov and Bernard Hopkins, April 17, 2014
Speech at United Nations General Assembly as Acting Foreign Minister, September 29, 2012.