 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Astana on 1–2 November 2015, as part of his Central Asian tour to reassure the multilateral ties between the United States and the Central Asian nations.In Astana, Secretary Kerry participated in the U.S.–Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership Dialogue, met with Foreign Minister Idrissov and President Nazarbayev, and delivered a speech at the Nazarbayev University.Sabir Kairkhanov, editor-in-chief of "Ak Zhaiyk", Botagoz Akzholovna Seidakhmetova, international news editor of "Novoye Pokoleniye", and Dossym Satpayev, director of Assessment Risks Group, an NGO which publishes "Kazakhstan Risk Review" visited the University of California, Los Angeles on 1 August as part of a three-week tour of the U.S. in an attempt to gain insight on the War on Terrorism.