The 4th meeting of Ministers and high-ranking officials on media and information of the Organization of Turkic States

Today on May 14, the Kazakh delegation headed by the Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Umarov took part in the 4th meeting of Ministers and high-ranking officials on media and information of the Organization of Turkic States. 

The event, where issues of further strengthening and development of cooperation in the field of mass media and information were discussed, was attended by: Baghdad Amreyev - General Secretary of the Organization of Turkic States; Professor Fahrettin Altun - Head of the Communications Department of the Office of the President of the Republic of Turkey; Hikmet Hajiyev - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Chyngyz Esengul uulu - Vice-Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic and other media specialists. 

"We propose to develop activities to work against the spread of fakes and manipulation; the development of mutual exchange of experience with media specialists, especially with technical specialists; the creation of a single OTT-platform (Online Cinema) with members of the Turkic Council; cooperation in the creation of joint animation and video content for children; also the creation of a single online animation school for turkic-speaking states," Askar Umarov noted in his report. 

In addition, Askar Umarov said that together with "RTRC "Kazakhstan" and the Turkish state TV and radio company "TRT" it is planned to shoot a 4-episode TV series "Korkyt Ata". This TV series will be filmed in 2022 and aired in 2023, and this project will contribute to further cooperation of the media space of the Turkic world. 

Thus, the main part of today's international-level event continued with various thematic panel sessions and plenary sessions.