Foreign relations of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan further loosened cultural ties with its former political masters in Moscow yesterday when a ban on speaking Russian in cabinet meetings took effect - despite many ministers favouring that language over their native Kazakh.

Turkish and South Korean companies on Feb. 15 signed a concession agreement to build the Big Almaty Ring Road (BAKAD) project in Kazakhstan.

Turkish and Kazakh companies signed on Sept. 9 investment agreements worth $590 million, according to Kazakhstan's Prime Ministry.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 9 that Ankara and Astana would increase cooperation in fight against terror organizations, particularly the Gülen network, widely believed to have been behind last year's failed coup attempt.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to visit Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and New York in September. 

Erdoğan will meet Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana between Sept. 8 and 10. He will then travel to Azerbaijan on Sept. 10-11 where he will meet Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev. 

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu have discussed possible expansion of economic cooperation.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev "agreed to launch a joint pilot project," Tanjug reported.

The agency quoted Nikolic saying, during his state visit to Kazakhstan, that the project will see "investments from Kazakhstan help restart production in a factory in Serbia."

Romania and Kazakhstan want to develop joint projects in the areas of energy, industry, tourism, transportation, IT, agriculture, research and education, according to talks at the 11th session of the Romanian-Kazakh Inter-governmental Committee on Economic and Technical and Scientific Cooperation.

Cooperation between Turkey and Kazakhstan is significant for the stability and security of the region, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said, speaking at a press meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev. 

Both leaders voiced their target of boosting the bilateral trade volume to $10 billion.