Kazakh president gets ceremonial welcome at Istana on first state visit to Singapore

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President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's visit will strengthen Singapore’s ties with a key Central Asian state, MFA said.

SINGAPORE – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived on May 23 morning for his first state visit to Singapore and received a ceremonial welcome at the Istana, where the first order of business was to call on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

President Tokayev is familiar with Singapore, having served as a diplomat in the 1970s and visited the Republic as foreign minister in 2004 and as chairman of the senate in 2016. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam during his visit to the Istana on May 23. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO

 

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