Georgian president to visit Astana in late June

Georgian President Georgi Margvelashvili will visit Astana in late June, the Georgian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zurab Abashidze said after the ceremony of presenting credentials to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

"The visit is expected on June 29-30. It will make an additional contribution to our political, trade, economic, investment, humanitarian and cultural relations," Sputnik-Kazakhstan cited Abashidze as saying.

Nazarbayev noted that Kazakhstan pays special attention to the development of bilateral relations with Georgia and hopes for large-scale negotiations within the visit of his Georgian counterpart to Astana.

"We are interested in further dialogue with Tbilisi on all areas and at all levels,” he said.