Astana, May 26 /TASS /. The first summit with the participation of the heads of Central Asia and Italian Prime Minister George Melony will take place on May 30 in Astana, on the same day, the head of the Italian government will make an official visit to Kazakhstan. This has been reported in the press service of the President of the Republic of Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev.
Initially, Meloni planned to visit Uzbekistan, and later Kazakhstan and participated in a summit with the heads of Central Asian countries on April 25-27. However, due to the death of April 21, Pope Francis and events to mourn later were postponed by visits.
The summit in the format, when leaders of the countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – were met with the head of another country, which was held for many years. Similar events are held at high levels with the participation of the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or other departments. This summer, the Central Asia -China Summit was also planned in Astana, and in the fall in Dushanbe -the Central Asian Summit -Russia Summit.