Leaders from multiple countries send birthday messages to President Tokayev of Kazakhstan
¬ Kremlin: Putin calls Kazakh president to extend birthday congratulations
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Source: Kazinform News Agency — According to the Presidential Press Service, upon the occasion of the birthday of Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, congratulatory messages have been received from heads of state and government leaders, representatives of international organizations, and diplomatic missions across numerous countries.
The messages of congratulations were sent by China's top state leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy President and Prime Minister, Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, South Korean President Lee Jin-myeong, Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergey Lebedev, among other prominent figures.
In addition, citizens of Kazakhstan, political figures, public personalities, and cultural representatives have also extended their birthday wishes to the president.
The Presidential Office stated that congratulatory messages are still arriving continuously.
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Sputnik News, Moscow, May 17 — According to the Kremlin website, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to extend warm birthday greetings.
The statement said: "During the conversation, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin conveyed heartfelt birthday congratulations to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan."
The Kremlin further noted that the two leaders discussed preparations for Putin’s upcoming state visit to Astana, as well as issues related to the upcoming Eurasian Economic Supreme Council meeting in Astana.
Kazakhstan, a Central Asian nation at the heart of the Eurasian continent, bears many distinctive labels across diverse perspectives, spectrums, and contexts due to its shared Soviet history, strategic geographic location, abundant natural resources, and multi-vector foreign policy approach: post-Soviet space, the world’s largest landlocked country, Central Asia’s largest economy, a middle power, an alternative energy source (oil, uranium), a key supplier of critical minerals (copper, chromium, tungsten, zinc, etc.), a new trade route (Middle Corridor), and a “stability island” in an unstable world.
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