Kazakhstan, Astana, Oct. 17 / Trend , A.Maratov /
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to Almaty upon Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's invitation on Oct. 19-20, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Altai Abibullayev said at a briefing in Astana on Monday.
"The leaders are expected to have bilateral talks in the narrow and extended format and sign a Joint Declaration of the Presidents of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. A number of bilateral intergovernmental agreements, as well as a program of cooperation between the foreign ministries, are also expected to be signed," Abibullayev said.
Aliyev's visit to Kazakhstan will took place on the eve of the First Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking states (CCTS).
The First Summit of the CCTS will be held in Almaty on Oct.20-21 with participation of Heads of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey.
Turkey will be represented by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the summit, he said.
Secretary General of TURKSOY Duysen Kaseinov and Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries Ramil Hasanov were also invited to the event.
"A business forum with participation of representatives of the business circles of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey is expected to be held in Almaty on the eve of the Summit, as well as a Business Council of Turkic-speaking countries is expected to be formed, with a view to enhance economic cooperation among the Turkic states," he said.
The summit will discuss topical international and regional issues and its main priorities will be expansion of trade, economic and cultural cooperation among the Turkic-speaking states.
The Almaty Declaration will be signed as the outcome of the event.