Kazakh President visits London

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev is due to arrive in London later today Wednesday on a four-day official visit.

The president, accompanied by a number of ministers, is scheduled to meet the Queen, the Prime Minister Tony Blair and business leaders.

He is due to sign agreements on trade, military co-operation and the establishment of a Kazakh-British university.

Mr Nazarbayev will also deliver a speech at the London School of Economics.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service