Turkish President Meets Azeri, Kazakh Leaders

ASTANA - Turkish President Abdullah Gul met Sunday his Azeri and Kazakh counterparts in Kazakhstan, where he attended official ceremonies to mark the 10th anniversary of the declaration of Astana as the Kazakh capital.
Gul and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev held a 45-minute meeting at the Rixos Hotel.
The Turkish president also attended a breakfast hosted by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and later held a meeting with the Kazakh leader.
Gul later departed from Astana to return to Turkey.
(YMB-EÖ)