New OTS Secretary General Mirvokhid Azimov at the COP31 Leaders' Summit as Turkic heads of state gather in Antalya

Mirvokhid Azimov, Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States, attended the COP31 Leaders' Summit held in Antalya on 11-12 November. This part of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ran under the theme “Towards a Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Future”.

Azimov took office on 11 November, so the summit was among his first engagements as Secretary General. On the same day Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received him in Antalya, and on 12 November Azimov met TRNC President Tufan Erhürman.

The photos shared by the organisation show Turkic heads of state as well: host Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcome President Ilham Aliyev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Erdoğan shakes hands with Turkmenistan's National Leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. All the photos are below.