Erdoğan meets Iran's Rouhani, Pakistani president in Astana
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- Daily Sabah
- Published Date: 12:00 | 10 September 2017
- Modified Date: 01:11 | 10 September 2017
Attending the 1st Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit of Science and Technology in Astana, the president held meetings with his Iranian and Pakistani counterparts on the sidelines to discuss regional developments and bilateral ties.
Erdoğan arrived Saturday morning in Astana for a two-day visit.
He will attend the summit on Sunday with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbey. About 70 committee members of 57 countries are expected to attend the summit.
Two close partners, Turkey and Kazakhstan established a strategic partnership in 2009, which turned into a corporate mechanism, the Turkey-Kazakhstan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council, in 2012.