MOSCOW, May 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin is paying a state visit to Kazakhstan for the second time, contrary to protocol practice, which underlines the unprecedented high level of relations between the countries, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday.
Putin will arrive in Astana on Wednesday evening and will be met at the airport by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the official said.
“A state visit is conducted contrary to protocol practice. As a rule, one state visit is carried out within the framework of one presidential term. But since I have already mentioned this visit as the second state visit, it is intended, at the suggestion of my Kazakh friends, to emphasize the unprecedented high levels of relations between our two countries,” Ushakov told reporters.
The leaders will hold a one-on-one meeting on Wednesday and have an informal friendly lunch, the official said.
“In connection with the visit, it was estimated that there is a very high intensity of contacts between the leaders of the two countries. Since Tokayev took office as president of Kazakhstan in March 2019, 38 personal meetings between our two presidents have taken place,” Ushakov said. (UNI)
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