Kazakh Ambassador H.E. Yerkin Tukumov Presents Credentials to Pakistan’s Chief of Protocol

Islamabad: According to the Pakistan’s leading news media website “The Gulf Observer” Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, H.E. Yerkin Tukumov, on November 3, 2026, presented copies of his credentials to Nauman Bashir Bhatti, Chief of Protocol at Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on key issues of the bilateral agenda and discussed forthcoming high-level and top-level visits scheduled for this year and the next. Discussions also covered the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and the planned visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif to Kazakhstan.

On the occasion, Ambassador Tukumov congratulated Nauman Bashir Bhatti on his appointment as Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is noteworthy that Bhatti previously served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan.

Recalling his tenure in Kazakhstan, Bhatti expressed his fond memories of the country and reaffirmed his readiness to extend full support towards further strengthening relations between Astana and Islamabad.

The two sides also attached particular importance to the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and Pakistan, which will be commemorated in 2027.

Both sides expressed confidence and hope that the anniversary would provide fresh impetus to bilateral relations and help elevate cooperation between the two countries to a qualitatively new level.