Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan opened in Melbourne

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Singapore and in combination in Australia Erlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia, Bronwyn Bishop have officially opened the Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), the press service of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports.

The opening ceremony was held on August 6 of the current year. The event was also attended by the leaders of the upper and lower chambers of the Parliament of Victoria - Bruce Atkinson and Christine Fyffe, and several other prominent members of political, academic and business circles of the country. Ambassador E.Baudarbek-Kozhatayev handed a patent of honorary consul to Australian businessman Andrew Ferneyhough, who is the founder of the Kazakh community in Australia and the President of Kazakhstan-Australian Chamber of Commerce. Victoria is a state in the south-east of Australia. Victoria is Australia's most densely populated state and its second-most populous state overall. Most of its population is concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Melbourne, which is Australia's second-largest city.