The leaders of the Turkic world have reaffirmed their dedication to regional cooperation, vitality safety, and improvement of the Middle Corridor commerce route.
The heads of state and authorities of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) gathered on Saturday in Shusha, Azerbaijan, for an off-the-cuff summit to spotlight unity and improvement amongst Turkic nations.
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz careworn the significance of the Middle Corridor, a transportation route from Türkiye to Central Asia, highlighting its potential to “strengthen cooperation and bring to light the global role of the Turkic world.”
He emphasised the need of everlasting peace within the South Caucasus, saying: “The establishment of permanent peace and stability in the South Caucasus is of great importance not only for countries of the region but also for global security and connectivity.”
Yilmaz additionally highlighted the strategic significance of vitality cooperation. “Transporting Turkmen natural gas and trans-Caspian resources to Türkiye and Europe will contribute to both our national welfare and Europe’s energy security,” he mentioned.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev known as for the OTS to turn into a world energy middle, leveraging their sources and strategic transportation hyperlinks.
He mentioned the twenty first century needs to be the century of improvement for the Turkic world, and emphasised Baku’s dedication to increasing the route additionally recognized an East-West transport hall.
Ersin Tatar, the president of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which has an observer standing within the group, expressed the Turkish Cypriot group’s eagerness to deepen ties inside the OTS framework.
He introduced plans for Gazimagusa Port to affix the OTS’s Sister Ports program, saying: “The TRNC is eager to participate in every field where the OTS operates with all its institutions and organizations and to develop relations.”
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev highlighted the rising financial affect of OTS international locations, and proposed the institution of a council of Turkic central banks and a Turkic patent establishment to bolster financial integration.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, for his half, mentioned the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway challenge, which goals to “strengthen mutual communication in transportation among the member countries.”
He emphasised the challenge’s potential to create new logistics markets for OTS international locations.
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in the meantime, mentioned member international locations are “determined to open up to major global markets and to revive the Silk Road.”
Noting a 27% enhance in OTS commerce, he proposed establishing a railway administration council and emphasised enhancing the competitiveness of the Trans-Caspian hall.
Mirziyoyev additionally known as for the Turkic Ecology Council to handle local weather points, highlighted the importance of the UN local weather summit COP29 in Baku in November, and introduced plans to spice up Uzbekistan’s renewable vitality share to 40% by 2030.
Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, which presently holds the presidency of the European Union and is an observer state within the OTS, mentioned he considers the EU presidency as a peace mission, and which is why he visited each Ukraine and Russia to resolve their battle that began in February 2022.
He mentioned the world faces a threat of getting dividing into two blocs as a result of battle in Ukraine, and known as the OTS a major bloc that promotes cooperation between the east and west.
The summit concluded with the signing of the Karabakh Declaration, reinforcing the dedication to a sustainable future by means of enhanced transportation and local weather motion.
Source: www.anews.com.tr