President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan departed for Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, at 08.40 a.m. to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.
President Erdoğan was bid farewell by Ankara Governor Vasip Şahin and other officials at Esenboğa Airport.
First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci, Minister of Trade Mehmet Muş, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu, Director of the National Intelligence Organisation Hakan Fidan, President of Defence Industries İsmail Demir, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın are also accompanying President Erdoğan in Astana.