President Aliyev embarks on visit to Kazakhstan

/By AzerNews/

By Aynur Karimova

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev started a working visit to Kazakhstan on September 10. The aim of the visit is to attend the Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.

On the same day Kazakhstan's capital city of Astana hosted a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.

The ministers discussed a range of issues of cooperation among member states, and hailed the role of the Council of Foreign Ministers in promoting cooperation among the Turkic-speaking countries.

The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) was established in 2009 as an international intergovernmental organization, with the overarching aim of promoting comprehensive cooperation among Turkic-speaking countries. Its four founding member is Azerbaijan

The Turkic Council is an intergovernmental organization committed to the purpose and principles of the UN Charter and other universally recognized principles and norms of international law, including sovereign equality, territorial integrity and inviolability of internationally recognized borders of states, as well as the maintenance of international peace, security and development of good-neighborly and friendly relations and the cooperation among member states.

Being constructed on four main pillars as common history, common language, common identity and common culture, the Turkic Council does not limit itself to the confines of these commonalities. Rather, it aims to broaden the existing bilateral cooperation areas such as economy, science, education, transportation, customs, tourism and other various fields between the member states into multilateral cooperation for the benefit of the region.

Activities of the Turkic Council are supported by affiliated organizations as Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking Countries, International Organization of Turkic Culture, Turkic Academy, Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation and Turkic Business Council.