ASTANA. July 11. KAZINFORM Today Kazakh Secretary of State Mukhtar Kul Mukhammed has received Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Turkey to Kazakhstan Lale Ulker in connection with completion of her diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh President's press service reports.

The Secretary of State thanked the head of the Turkish diplomatic mission for her significant contribution to the development of bilateral relations. He also highlighted importance of the documents signed during the recent official visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Kazakhstan which gave a potent impetus to further economic cooperation of the countries.

The parties also made a point of Turkey's support voiced to Kazakhstani initiative concerning the adoption of the New Synergy Interstate Economic Programme and highly appreciated prospects for scientific and technical partnership.

In her turn, Ambassador Lale Ulker expressed sincere gratitude to Kazakhstan authorities for a warm welcome and great conditions provided for good diplomatic service. She noted the years of her work in Astana were fruitful for further development of the Turkic-Kazakh cooperation in various spheres of economy, culture and arts.