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President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev have just issued a joint declaration on "Islamic convergence." While I was reading it, I thought about what kind of dream world our political Islamists in Turkey are living in.

It is time to affirm the friendship between Serbia and Kazakhstan with developed economic relations, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Friday.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Serbia, scheduled for mid-year, will be an ideal opportunity to forge more specific cooperation in joint industry projects, Nikolic said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed his readiness to hold a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the incident of last week when Ankara fighter jets downed a Russia plane for allegedly violating Turkish airspace.

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."

Kazakhstan?s veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev celebrates his 75th birthday today, in good shape and vastly popular, but the expected fireworks and fanfare mask uncomfortable questions about the future of the second-largest post-Soviet economy. 

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic Monday spoke to President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and congratulated him on his re-election as head of state in a snap presidential election on Sunday.

The two presidents talked about bilateral cooperation and their upcoming meeting, the Serbian president's press office said in a release.

Kazakhstan reelected on Sunday President Nursultan Nazarbayev for fifth consecutive five-year term, with early results showing that the incumbent won with 97.7 % of the votes.

According to Kazahkstan's Central Election Commission, the voter turnout stood at record 95.11 %, the BBC reports.

Strongman Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev on March 11 confirmed his candidacy for snap April 26 presidential elections that he is expected to win by a landslide.