ASTANA: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Thursday to attend meetings of several regional bodies, a Kazakh government source told Reuters.

Putin is set to attend the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) on Thursday alongside a number of Asian leaders, including Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan.

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Putin is expected to have two-way meetings with Erdogan and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.