The foreign ministers of Central Asian countries are meeting in Astana in preparation for the upcoming regional leaders' summit, the press service of Kazakhstan's MFA reports.
According to the statement, “The heads of foreign ministries from Central Asian countries have arrived at the ministry of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan for their meeting.”
On August 9, Astana will host the 6th consultative meeting of Central Asian leaders. The same day was also slated for the inaugural summit of the "Central Asia + Japan" dialogue. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was scheduled to visit Kazakhstan on August 9-10 for this summit. However, Kishida has canceled his tour of Central Asia and Mongolia due to concerns over a potential powerful earthquake in Japan.
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Based on materials from TASS