President N.Nazarbayev's decision on capital's removal was very visionary - Turkish President A.Gul
ASTANA. May 26. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ President of Turkey Abdullah Gul and Kazakh Secretary of State-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev took part in an opening of a group of buildings of the Turkish Embassy in Kazakhstan.
"Earlier our Embassy was located in Almaty. When the Government moved to Astana, I held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and tried to solve the issue regarding construction of a new building of the Embassy in Astana. And now we open a new group of buildings of a new Embassy of Turkey in Kazakhstan", Abdullah Gul said at the opening ceremony.
He also noted that, owing to the forward-looking solution of President N.Nazarbayev, the capital of Kazakhstan was moved from the south to the center of the country.