On the threshold of the OSCE Summit in Astana Kazakh Ambassador to Turkey Zhanseit Tuimebayev met with ex-president of Turkey Suleyman Demirel in Ankara.

Demirel praised Kazakhstan's presidency in the OSCE and expressed confidence in successful holding of the OSCE Summit in the Kazakh capital, the press service of Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry reported.

Demirel also noted that Turkey was the first country in the world, which recognized independence of Kazakhstan, and the first OSCE member state, which backed Kazakhstan's entry into this Organization in 1994.