Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says the vote would allow him to start implementing his plan to reform the country and ensure a fairer distribution of its oil wealth.
Around 12 million voters have until 8:00 pm to cast ballots in polls that could see independent candidates enter the lower house of a parliament currently composed of parties loyal to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds closed-door meeting with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who is in capital for summit of Organization of Turkic States
The US is "determined" to strengthen its relationship with Kazakhstan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says ahead of a meeting of the C5+1 group, made up of the US and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
An uncrewed Russian Soyuz vessel took off from Kazakhstan for the ISS to eventually bring home US astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev whose return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid.
Several residents and professionals in Kazakhstan expressed desire that the catastrophe in Türkiye and Syria could serve as a cautionary tale for their country.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's decision comes a year after the deadly riots that killed 238 people.
Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General says an investigation determined that those responsible from the protests were among senior government officials.
A recent trilateral meeting between Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan has shown that Ankara can play a critical role in connecting gas-rich Turkic Central Asia with the West.
The Kremlin's spokesman said that President Putin proposed strengthening energy cooperation with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan as the conflict in Ukraine draws changing economic challenges for Russia.
Delegations from Russia, Türkiye, Iran, Syrian regime, and Syrian opposition discussed ways to stabilise the situation in Syria.
According to early results, the current President Tokayev is leading the race with 82.45 percent of the votes.
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