NATO secretary general to visit Kazakhstan

According to the information obtained from the MFA of RK, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, head of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is due to pay an official visit to Kazakhstan on October 19 within his visit to Central Asia countries. KZ-today correspondent reports

NATO secretary general is expected to arrive to Almaty at 14:30 p.m. to conduct a number of meetings. The visit agenda includes meetings with the RK president Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, minister of defence Mukhtar Altynbayev, professors and teachers of Almaty State University named after Abai and with Kazakhstani journalists On the same day Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will departure to Tashkent.

As reported earlier within the visit to Central Asia countries NATO secretary general has already visited Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Translated by Nataliya Shirinskikh