Türkiye will host an extraordinary summit of leaders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) on Thursday, the group mentioned on Tuesday.
At the presidential advanced within the capital Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will welcome each the leaders and OTS Secretary-General Kubanychbek Omuraliev.
“Devoted to the theme of ‘Disaster-Emergency Management and Humanitarian Assistance,’ the summit will serve as a high-level platform for the discussion of the extraordinary agenda of the organization aroused due to the recent earthquake disaster in southern and southeastern regions of Türkiye,” the group mentioned in a press release.
The leaders will elaborate on stable multilateral cooperation and coordination mechanisms as a part of the group within the struggle towards disasters and maintain consultations on present challenges within the area, it added.
“The Member and Observer States of the Organization of Turkic States have shown great solidarity and extended their helping hand to Türkiye in this difficult period and strengthened the brotherhood ties with the search and rescue teams and humanitarian aid they have provided throughout this time,” the assertion learn.
Following the summit, the leaders are anticipated to signal Ankara declaration.
Early Thursday, the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OTS will meet to hold out the ultimate work on the agenda gadgets to be mentioned by the heads of state.
Meanwhile, members of the Council of Elders of the OTS, headed by Binali Yıldırım, may even attend the summit, in keeping with the assertion.
The OTS, previously known as the Turkic Council, is a global group comprising distinguished impartial Turkic international locations that work collectively to raise relations and the union amongst themselves.
Its members are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan. EU nation Hungary, Turkmenistan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) have observer standing.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
