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President Erdoğan meets Kazakhstan’s President Tokayev at the Presidential Complex
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan first welcomed Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who arrived in Türkiye for an official visit, at Ankara Airport before hosting him at an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex. Erdoğan said relations between the two countries would be strengthened in all areas, particularly trade, energy, transport and the defense industry.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who arrived in Türkiye for an official visit, at Ankara Airport. The two leaders spoke for a while at the airport.
Tokayev welcomed at the Presidential Complex with a 21-gun salute
Tokayev was then welcomed with an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex. During the ceremony, which featured the national anthems of both countries and a 21-gun salute, Tokayev greeted the Guard Regiment ceremonial unit by saying, “Hello, soldier.” Flags and soldiers representing the 16 Turkic states established throughout history were also present.
After introducing their delegations to each other, the leaders posed for photographs in front of the flags of Türkiye and Kazakhstan.
Erdoğan and Tokayev first held a one-on-one meeting and then chaired interdelegation talks. The closed-door discussions addressed bilateral relations as well as regional and global issues.
Ministers and institution heads attend the talks
On the Turkish side, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu attended the meeting. Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, National Intelligence Organization Director İbrahim Kalın, Defense Industry Agency President Haluk Görgün and Türkiye’s Ambassador to Astana Mustafa Kapucu also took part in the talks.
“Relations will be strengthened in all areas”
During the meeting, Erdoğan said relations between Türkiye and Kazakhstan, which are at the level of an Enhanced Strategic Partnership, would be advanced in all areas, particularly trade, investment, energy, transport and the defense industry.
Erdoğan said they would work during Türkiye’s term presidency of the Organization of Turkic States to advance steps that would strengthen cooperation across the Turkic world, adding that they would maintain close solidarity with Kazakhstan on this matter. Erdoğan also invited Tokayev to the COP31 Leaders’ Summit to be held in Antalya.
Visit takes place ahead of the OTS summit
Tokayev’s visit took place ahead of the 13th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which will be held in Ankara this week. A number of documents are expected to be signed between the two countries during the visit.
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