Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan appointed
Kayrat Umarov has been appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan by the decree of the leader of the state, the agency reports citing the president's press service.
Astana. September 9. Kazakhstan Today - Kayrat Umarov has been appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan by the decree of the leader of the state, the agency reports citing the president's press service.
"Umarov Kayrat Ermekovich has stepped down from the post of Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Republic of India and Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in connection with his transfer to other work," the press service informed.
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