President replaces first Deputy Foreign Minister

Tengrinews.kz – Akan Rakhmetullin has been relieved of his duties as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

"By order of the Head of State, Akan Akasovich Rakhmetullin has been relieved of his position as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan," the official statement said.

It should be noted that Akan Rakhmetullin was appointed to the post in May 2024.
By another presidential decree, Yerzhan Ashikbayev has been appointed First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.