Meeting with the Turkic Council’s election observers

Nur-Sultan, January 6, 2021 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Shakhrat Nuryshev held a meeting with the observer mission of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (Turkic Council), which arrived to observe the elections to the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan.

During the meeting, the guests were given information about the electoral campaign and procedures. The sides also discussed issues of cooperation within the framework of the Turkic Council.

The Turkic Council was established on October 3, 2009, at the initiative of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy, Honorary Chairman of the Turkic Council Nursultan Nazarbayev. The headquarters of the international organization is located in Istanbul. Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan are members of the organization, while Hungary has observer status.