Ilham Aliyev: At end of this year, Azerbaijan will hand over its chairmanship of Turkic Council to brotherly Turkey

“First of all, I would like to thank Nursultan Abishovich Nazarbayev for his initiative to hold the summit. Nursultan Abishovich Nazarbayev is very active as honorary chairman of the Turkic Council, and this Summit is clear evidence of that,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said March 31 at an informal Summit of the Cooperation Council of the Turkic-Speaking States (Turkic Council) in a video conference format, Report informs referring to AzerTag.

“Today's summit is the second summit since the October 2019 summit in Baku. A year ago, in April last year, a summit on COVID-19 was held at the initiative of Azerbaijan in Baku, and this is an indicator in itself. It shows that summits are held regularly and, of course, this has a great positive impact on the unity between member states.

At the end of this year, Azerbaijan will hand over its chairmanship of the Turkic Council to brotherly Turkey. The official summit to be held in Turkey will provide information on the work done during Azerbaijan’s chairmanship,” Ilham Aliyev noted.