Turkic Council focused on economic cooperation - President Nazarbayev
BISHKEK. August 23. KAZINFORM We have paid special attention to the issues of economic cooperation, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said after the signing of the Bishkek Declaration of the second summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States on Thursday.
According to the President, the sides agreed to hold a ministerial meeting and a meeting of the customs bodies on the preparation for the launch of the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway.
In addition, the President focused on the relevance of establishing the Turkic Academy and Turkic Culture and Turkic Heritage Foundation, noting that these structures would facilitate the convergence of youth of Turkic states, the study of Turkic culture, and the Turkic world in general.
"I think that we have done important work in this direction," the President of Kazakhstan added.