President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has departed Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Seeing President Erdoğan off at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport were Prime Minister Oljas Bektenov of Kazakhstan, Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Akmaral Alnazarova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Alibek Bakayev, Mayor of Astana Jenis Kasımbek and Turkish Ambassador to Astana Mustafa Kapucu, as well as other state officials.
President Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat, Chief Advisor to the President on Foreign Policy and Security Akif Çağatay Kılıç and Presidency's Deputy Head of Communications Çağatay Özdemir, have all departed Astana.