OTS and diplomacyNovember 11, 2026
Mirziyoyev receives new OTS Secretary General Mirvokhid Azimov in Türkiye and discusses the 2027 summit
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the new Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States, Mirvokhid Azimov, on 11 November during a working visit to Türkiye. Azimov took up the post the same day.
Mirziyoyev congratulated him on the appointment and wished him success. They discussed the new Secretary General's priorities, where cooperation between Uzbekistan and the OTS stands now, and ways to widen it.
The two also touched on preparations for the OTS summit to be held in Uzbekistan in 2027, saying it needs to be well organised and to have a substantive agenda. Azimov was named Secretary General at the Ankara summit on 30 October. He is the first Uzbek in the post and succeeds the Kyrgyz diplomat Kubanychbek Omuraliev.
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