ALMATY. Nov 13 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - Kazakh Defense Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev departed for the United States on Wednesday to conduct an official visit.
"Altynbayev and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will discuss bilateral ties in defense," the Kazakh Defense Ministry reported.
A detailed report on the visit will be released when it is over, the ministry said.
Early this year, Rumsfeld sent an invitation to Altynbayev.
The visit will wrap up on November 17.