The First Policy Planning Consultations of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held on 24 June 2022 in Istanbul, Türkiye.
The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye at the Headquarters of the OTS Secretariat, moderated by H.E. Murat Lütem, Ambassador, Director General for Foreign Policy, Analysis and Coordination at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye and attended by Ömer Kocaman, Deputy Secretary General of the OTS, Mahur Gasimov, Acting Head of Department for Analysis and Strategic Studies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Amir Sultangozhin, Acting Director of the Department of Foreign Policy Analysis and Forecasting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan,Aibek Akaev, Counsellor at the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Ankara, Farrukh Tursunov, Ambassador, Director of the General Information and Analysis Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan and László Keller, Consul General of Hungary in Istanbul.
At the meeting, Parties exchanged views on the global strategic overview and perceptions on major current and future events to be take place in the upcoming period. Parties further discussed the regional strategic outlook, political and economic developments in Europe and in Asia as well as the role of the Organization of Turkic States in this context.
Referring to the “Turkic World Vision 2040”, which was adopted at the 8th Summit of the OTS in Istanbul, Participants stressed the importance of enhanced and institutionalized cooperation and solidarity among the Member and Observer States to tackle the impacts of the regional and global implications. Political and economic developments, including the security and interconnectivity in Europe, Asia and beyond was raised during the meeting.
Parties agreed to transform the policy planning consultations into a regular mechanism among the relevant authorities of the Member and Observer States to discuss the issues high on the regional and global agenda.
