The meeting of the Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States with the ambassadors of the member states of the Organization was held in Budapest

Budapest, January 12, 2023 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Hungary Zhanibek Abdrashov took part in the meeting of the Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Kubanychbek Omuraliev with the ambassadors of the OTS member states, which held at the residence of the OTS Representative Office in Budapest "Ybl Villa".

The event was organized by the Representative Office of the OTS in Budapest within the framework of the first official visit of K.Omuraliev to Hungary in the capacity of Secretary General of the OTS. The meeting was attended by the Ambassadors of the OTS member states, as well as an international team of employees of the Secretariat of the OTS Representative Office in Budapest.

During his opening speech, K.Omuraliev informed about his past and upcoming meetings with the heads of states and ministers of foreign affairs of members and observer states of the OTS, as well as the work plans of the Organization for 2023. The Secretary General also highlighted that the OTS Secretariat, together with the Organization's Representative Office in Budapest, will actively work on the development of multilateral cooperation with the countries of the EU and the Visegrad Group.

Speaking after K.Omuraliev, the Executive Director of the OTS Representative Office in Budapest, Dr. Janos Hovari, especially noted and thanked Ambassador Zhanibek Abdrashov for the significant contribution of the Embassy of Kazakhstan to the activities of the Representative Office since its opening in 2019.

The Ambassador of Kazakhstan Zhanibek Abdrashov in his speech noted that along with the development of cultural and humanitarian cooperation, the OTS Representative Office in Hungary should also direct more efforts to develop trade, economic, investment, energy and transport cooperation between the OTS member states and European countries. The Ambassador also assured the meeting participants that the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hungary would closely cooperate, support initiatives and actively participate in the implementation of projects of the OTS Representative Office in Budapest.