Today, the 12th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) got underway in Gabala.
It is attended by the leaders of the OTS member states: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as well as the leaders of observer states: Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the unrecognized Republic of Northern Cyprus Ersin Tatar.
The theme of today’s summit is "Regional peace and security".
Earlier today, OTS Secretary General Kubanychbek Omuraliev said that the summit's main focus will be on the economy. The economic agenda includes transport, logistics, and infrastructure connectivity - all of which are strategic areas for our member states, he noted.
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