7 Sep 2017 10:13

Kazakh president emphasizes importance of cooperating with African countries

ASTANA.Sept 7(Interfax) - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated the President of the Republic of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh on receiving the Global Islamic Finance Award (GIFA).

Nazarbayev emphasized that Kazakhstan attaches great importance to cooperation with African countries and called the Republic of Djibouti an important logistics hub on the African continent, the president's press office said.

Ismail Omar Guelleh is paying his second visit to Astana. He made his first visit to Kazakhstan in 2011.