Kazakhstan hosts meeting of Central Asian Foreign Ministers

Astana, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of the Central Asian countries met in the city of Astana prior to the meeting of leaders of the States of the region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported.

August 9, 2024
12:11

The Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries arrived this Friday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan to participate in the meeting, the Kazakh Ministry reported to the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper.

Astana will host the sixth consultative meeting of leaders of Central Asian countries on Saturday. The first summit of the “Central Asia + Japan” dialogue was scheduled to be held that same day.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was slated to participate in the event. However, he decided to suspend his tour of Central Asia and Mongolia due to the threat of a strong earthquake near the Japanese islands.

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