The joint delegations of the Turkic Council headed by Secretary General Ambassador Ramil Hasanov and Jorge Chediek, Envoy of UN Secretary General for South-South Cooperation and Director of the UN Office for South South Cooperation (UNOSSC) met with Ambassador Ahmet Yıldız, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey on 10 April 2017 in Ankara.

In the meeting, Secretary General Hasanov gave information about the close cooperation between the Council and the UNOSSC that was launched last year with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations. Thus, the two organisations prepare a joint publication on the contribution of the Turkic Council to the South-South Cooperation. Director Chediek expressed their pleasure to cooperate with the Turkic Council in such a productive way on various issues. The issues related to the Global South South Cooperation Development EXPO for 2017 were also discussed at the meeting.

Deputy Secretary General Dr. Ömer Kocaman, Project Directors Pelin Musabay Baki, Yedil Myrzakhanov and Chief of Protocol Emre Yurdakul accompanied Secretary General Hasanov and Edem Bakhshish attended the meeting from the UNOSSC side.