Turkish Parliament Speaker meets Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister

ANKARA (A.A) - August 3, 2011 - Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek met Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov in Ankara on Wednesday.
Speaking at the meeting, Cemil Cicek said that relations between the two countries could be a model for other countries. Cicek described Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev as a significant value for the Turkic world and said that he had great contributions to ties.
Cicek said that Kazakhstan had made a great progress since it gained independence 20 years ago, adding that the Central Asia nation had drawn confidence from international community during this time.
Cicek added that he would continue to work to foster relations between the parliaments of the two countries.
For his part, Kazakhstan's top diplomat Kazykhanov said that his government was eager to carry forward strategic agreements and interparliamentary cooperation with Turkey.
Highlighting economic relations between Turkey and Kazakhstan, Kazykhanov said that trade volume reached 2 billion USD. He said Kazakhstan wanted to raise trade with Turkey.