The National Leader of the Turkmen people, head of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with the Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Binali Yildirim. During the meeting, the parties summed up the results of the Council meeting, discussed issues of the upcoming work of the Organization, as well as the development of relations between the two countries, writes the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasized that he was glad to welcome the participants of the 15th meeting of the Council of Elders of the OTS on the hospitable Turkmen soil in the holy month of Oraza and congratulated the head of the Organization on its advent, wishing further success in their work.
On behalf of the participants in the meeting of the Council of Elders, Binali Yildirim expressed sincere gratitude to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the National Leader of the Turkmen people for the high level of organization of the current forum and for the warm welcome in the homeland of their ancestors - Turkmenistan. It was especially emphasized that the very fact of organizing a meeting of the Council of Elders of the OTS in Ashgabat is of a historical nature.
The National Leader of the Turkmen people expressed confidence that holding the next meeting of the Council in Ashgabat will bring the relations of the Turkic states in various areas to a qualitatively new level.
As noted, during the meeting of the Council of Elders of the OTS, issues of further comprehensive cooperation between the countries of the Turkic world, which make a great contribution to increasing the efficiency of the work of this Organization, were considered.
The head of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan and the Chairman of the Council exchanged views on the importance of joining joint efforts in developing friendly, fraternal relations between countries, in particular, on expanding cultural and humanitarian dialogue. Confidence was expressed that the initiatives put forward at the meeting would give a powerful impetus to the further productive activities of the Organization of Turkic States.
-A special role in the development of fruitful relations in the fields of economics, trade, transport, energy, investment belongs to the members of the Council of Elders, said the National Leader of the Turkmen people and thanked Binali Yildirym for the high level of organization of the Council’s work.
