Kazakhstan, Astana, Dec.1 /Trend A.Maratov/
At the Palace of Independence President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, who arrived in Astana to participate at the OSCE summit.
Beginning from 9.15 [local time] Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has begun to welcome guests at the Palace of Independence who had arrived in the capital to attend the summit in Astana. First he met the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and then he welcomed the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE Bureau Petros Efthimiou and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Expression Dunja Mijatovic.
The first summit of the OSCE in 11 years will be held in Astana on Dec. 1-2, bringing together presidents and prime ministers from 56 OSCE member-countries and 12 OSCE partner countries, as well as the heads of 68 international organizations.