Nursultan Nazarbayev

On the eve of participating in an inter-religion conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, the Serbian president told reporters that the president of Kazakhstan is organizing this gathering for the sixth time in order to contribute to moving various traditional churches closer together.

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has started his holiday in southwestern Turkey with a long swimming session and a walk in the rain. Click through for the story in photos...

Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree to change the Cyrillic alphabet with the Latin alphabet, reports RIA Novosti.

This was the start for the third 100 years of linguistic reform.

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree to change the Kazakh language from Cyrillic to Latin, the head of state said today. "There is a Latin script on the alphabet of the Kazakh language," he says. The government has been planning to set up a commission to draw up a schedule for moving to Latin from 2025. Control will be exercised by the administration of the president.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 9 that Ankara and Astana would increase cooperation in fight against terror organizations, particularly the Gülen network, widely believed to have been behind last year's failed coup attempt.

Speaking with his Kazakh, Senegalese, and Nigerian counterparts to give Eid al-Adha greetings, Turkey's president on Sept. 2 stressed the importance of working together to solve the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.        

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to visit Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and New York in September. 

Erdoğan will meet Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana between Sept. 8 and 10. He will then travel to Azerbaijan on Sept. 10-11 where he will meet Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev. 

ASTANA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Kazakh PM Bakytzhan Sagintayev in Astana on Friday to discuss cooperation between the two countries, highlighting the significance of cooperation in the economy, defence industry and technology.

ASTANA - A Kazakh company is interested in the Pancevo petrochemical plant, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Astana on Friday, noting that cooperation in the defence industry was also a possibility.

PHOTO: TANJUG / MARKO DJOKOVIC

President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday in Kazakhstan that Serbia is "building a new image and a new face" not only toward the West but also the East.