Senate ratified Nakhichevan agreement on establishment of Cooperation Council of Turkic States
As Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nurlan Yermekbayev said, the agreement was signed on October 3, 2009 within the framework of the Summit of Turkic-speaking countries in the city of Nakhichevan. "Taking into account the common ethnic basis, similarity of languages and cultures, cooperation with Turkic-speaking states is one of the most important directions of Kazakhstan's foreign policy. All Turkic countries have common politico-economic and cultural-humanitarian space", he noted.
The document provides for the formation of a standing secretariat in Istanbul for monitoring the implementation of the decisions made during the Summit. The secretariat will be financed from a separate budget, which will be formed in accordance with a separate agreement. The agreement will come into force as soon as all the three states - Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan - ratify it.
The progress of ratification will be discussed at the 10th Summit of Heads of Turkic-speaking states planned for September 16 in Istanbul.