President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday welcomed Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev with an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara as the two leaders prepare to hold high-level talks aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties.

Tokayev, who is paying an official visit to Türkiye at Erdoğan's invitation, was escorted by a mounted guard as his motorcade approached the Presidential Complex. Erdoğan received his Kazakh counterpart at the main entrance before the official welcoming ceremony.

Several senior Turkish officials attended the ceremony, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, Defence Industries President Haluk Görgün, and other high-ranking officials.

High-level talks on strategic partnership

During the visit, Erdoğan and Tokayev are expected to review all aspects of the strategic partnership between Türkiye and Kazakhstan and discuss steps to further expand bilateral cooperation. Regional and international developments are also on the agenda.

The two presidents are expected to hold one-on-one and interdelegation meetings before making joint statements. Their talks are expected to focus on cooperation in trade, energy, transport, the defence industry and the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), with several bilateral agreements anticipated to be signed during the visit.

Türkiye and Kazakhstan maintain an enhanced strategic partnership and continue to deepen cooperation across political, economic and cultural fields. The two countries have also set ambitious goals to further increase bilateral trade and strengthen coordination within regional and international organisations. (ILKHA)