The Kazakh presidential press service said on November 6 that Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Astana on November 9. According to the press service, Putin and his Kazakh counterpart, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev, will discuss bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership issues. The two leaders will also participate via a video-link in the 19th Kazakh-Russian forum on interregional cooperation, which will be held in the northern Kazakh city of Qostanai. Putin's visit will come less than a week after leaders of the Organization of the Turkic States convened in Astana.
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