ISTANBUL

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday officially welcomed his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara.

Erdogan and Tokayev proceeded to a bilateral meeting, and afterwards will co-chair the fifth meeting of the Türkiye-Kazakhstan High-Level Strategic Council.

Also attending the welcoming ceremony were Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, National Education Minister Yusuf Tekin, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Agriculture and Forestry Ibrahim Yumakli, Trade Minister Omer Bolat, and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu.

Following the meeting, the two presidents will attend a signing ceremony for agreements and hold a joint news conference.

Erdogan will later host an official dinner in Tokayev’s honor and present him with the State Order of the Republic of Türkiye.