President Erdoğan in Kazakhstan

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to attend the 24th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

President Erdoğan was welcomed at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov of Kazakhstan, Minister of Healthcare Akmaral Alnazarova of Kazakhstan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alibek Bakayev of Kazakhstan, mayor of Astana Zhenis Kassymbek and Türkiye’s Ambassador to Astana Mustafa Kapucu.

Accompanying President Erdoğan in Kazakhstan are First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, and Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat.