"We are strengthening the legal foundations of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and our cooperation against the challenges," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted, Report informs.
Cavusoglu wished success to Uzbekistan, who will chair the organization in 2023.
The 9th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OTS was held today in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Azerbaijan is represented at the meeting by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalaf Khalafov. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó also attended the meeting.
The agenda of the summit of the leaders of OTS member countries, which will be held in Samarkand on November 11, and the documents to be signed were discussed.
The strategic action plan for the next 5-year activities of the organization will be adopted at the summit of OTS leaders.
It is also planned to make amendments to the document adopted after the meeting of OTS held in Nakhchivan on October 3, 2009.
Within the summit's framework, the President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be awarded the "Highest Medal of the Turkic World" and the National Medal of Uzbekistan.
OTS includes Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Turkmenistan and Hungary are observer countries.