OTS Ankara summit ends: Ankara Declaration adopted, Mirvokhid Azimov named Secretary General, Türkiye takes the chair

The 13th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Ankara on 30 October ended with the adoption of the Ankara Declaration. Speeches were given by Erdoğan, Tokayev, Japarov, Mirziyoyev, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and OTS Secretary General Kubanychbek Omuraliev.

According to the Kyrgyz presidency, the leaders signed the declaration together with decisions appointing the Secretary General, his deputies and the president of the Turkic Academy. In his speech Kazakh President Tokayev named Mirvokhid Azimov as the new Secretary General and thanked Kubanychbek Omuraliev for his work.

A separate decision awarded Sadyr Japarov the “Supreme Order of the Turkic World”.

The chairmanship of the Council, held by Azerbaijan for the past year, now passes to Türkiye. Tokayev thanked Azerbaijan for its contribution to raising the organization's standing.