The Kazakh presidential press service said on November 6 that Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Astana on November 9. According to the press service, Putin and his Kazakh counterpart, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev, will discuss bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership issues. The two leaders will also participate via a video-link in the 19th Kazakh-Russian forum on interregional cooperation, which will be held in the northern Kazakh city of Qostanai. Putin's visit will come less than a week after leaders of the Organization of the Turkic States convened in Astana.
In Rare Foreign Trip, Russian President Putin To Visit Kazakhstan This Week
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and his Kazakh counterpart, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev, are scheduled to discuss bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership issues. (file photo)