Turkish President Abdullah Gul held bilateral meetings with several foreign leaders in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Gul is currently Kazakhstan to attend the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) heads of state and government summit.
Gul met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, British Deputy Premier Nick Clegg and the Vatican’s Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone.
Turkish president also attended the opening session of the summit.
His meetings with leaders were closed to press.
OSCE is the world’s largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections. Most of its 3,500-plus staff are engaged in field operations, with only around 10 percent in its headquarters.
The summit will take place in Astana on December 1 and 2.
Kazakhstan took over term presidency of OSCE in 2010.
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