The Turkic Council is not directed against any third parties, Kazakh FM

21:18, 20 October 2011

TANA. October 20. KAZINFORM The Turkic Council is not directed against any third parties. In its activities, the Council is fully committed to the purposes and principles of the United Nations, norms of international law, and obligations within the OSCE and other international organizations of which our countries are members, Kazakh FM Yerzhan Kazykhanov told at the press conference following the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States.

In the short term, in order to solve the tasks assigned, we need to enhance joint efforts to complete the institutionalization of the Turkic Council, including the staffing of the Secretariat with representatives of our states.

In our opinion, the Turkic Council should, in the long term, ensure coordination of activities of independent institutes such as the Organization on Joint Development of Turkic Culture and Arts (TÜRKSOY), the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TÜRKPA), the Council of Elders and others.

The Turkic Academy being established in Astana should also carry out its work under the auspices of Turkic Council. In order to accelerate the process of establishing this international organization, the Secretariat should accelerate negotiations with interested parties on the adapted draft agreement.

We attach great importance to the progressive development of the Turkic Council Secretariat headed by Secretary General Ambassador Halil Akinci. We hope the Secretariat will ensure quality preparations for meetings of the highest level, meetings of expert groups, as well as ensure the quality of documents that define common Turkic priorities, he stated.

Diplomacy Government