Heads of Turkic Council member states to hold a video summit on coronavirus

On April 10, 2020, an extraordinary Summit of the Turkic Council will take place in the form of a video conference, which will be dedicated to Cooperation and Solidarity in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The summit was initiated by the current Chairman of the Turkic Council, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Ilham Aliyev. President of the Republic of Kazakhstan H.E. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic H.E. Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Republic of Turkey H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as well as President of Turkmenistan H.E. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Hungarian Prime Minister H.E. Viktor Orban and Secretary-General of the Turkic Council Baghdad Amreyev will participate in the summit.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, will also take part in the video summit. 

Summit participants will exchange views on measures taken at the national level to combat the coronavirus epidemic, developing multilateral health cooperation and solving common problems caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 in our region. 

Participants will also discuss ways to overcome the negative impact of coronavirus on the national and global economies and will touch on future joint efforts and general measures to continue trade and economic relations in order to ensure unhindered transport connections during the crisis and in the post-pandemic period.

The Heads of States will adopt the Joint Summit Declaration.