Kazakh foreign minister due in Turkey for official visit
ANKARA
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Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov will pay an official visit to Turkey between April 18 and April 20, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced in a statement.
Within the framework of the visit, the 4th Turkey-Kazakhstan Joint Strategic Planning Group will be held in Ankara on 19 April, with delegations headed by Abdrakhmanov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, according to the statement.
The top Kazakh diplomat will have a number of other high-level meetings in Ankara during the visit.
“During the meetings, all aspects of bilateral relations between the two countries as well as regional issues will be discussed. In this context, particular focus will be given to preparations for the visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Turkey in the coming months in summer, and also the 3rd Turkey-Kazakhstan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting,” the statement added.