Baku hosts the Extraordinary Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Turkic Council

BAKU, February 6, 2020 - The Kazakh delegation led by Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi took part in the extraordinary meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (CFM of CCTS) convened for the first time in the organization’s history.

The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan ElmarMammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan ChingizAidarbekov, Foreign Minister of Turkey MevlütÇavuşoğlu, Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan AbdulazizKamilov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Levente Magyar.

The meeting agenda covered the current issues of cooperation between the Turkic Council states and non-member organizations, renaming the organization, the Turkic Vision 2040 programme and terms of the next summit. 

The Foreign Ministers adopted the regulations on the Honorary Chairman of the Turkic Council. On October 15, 2019, during the 7th Summit of the CCTS, the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected the Honorary Chairman of the Council.

In his report, Minister Tileuberdi drew attention to the initiatives of Former President Nazarbayev, put forward during the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council last year, on renaming the organization and developing the Turkic Vision 2040 programme.

Secretary General of the Turkic Council, Kazakh diplomat Baghdad Amreyev reported a growing interest of the international community in the Turkic Council. In this regard, the CFM noted the importance of adopting regulations on obtaining the status of observer and partner of the organization.

The parties also discussed the date and the venue of the 8th Summit of the Turkic Council.

Within the framework of the CFM, Minister Tileuberdi held a bilateral meeting with Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries,AltynbekMamaiusupov.