Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov attended the 13th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held on Oct. 30 in Ankara. The summit was held under the theme “Turkic Century: Unity in Language, Thought and Deed” and chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Republic of Türkiye’s Directorate of Communications reported.
The summit opened with a group photo of participating leaders and officials, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Tufan Erhürman, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, OTS Secretary-General Kubanychbek Omuraliev and representatives of observer countries.
During the summit, President Erdoğan delivered remarks highlighting the importance of expanding cooperation among Turkic states in information security, digital trade, artificial intelligence, space and other fields. He noted that accelerating the joint satellite project and continuing work on developing a large language model that takes into account the characteristics of Turkic languages were among the key priorities.
Following the summit, the heads of state adopted the Ankara Declaration and signed it in Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish and Uzbek. The meeting also included expressions of appreciation for OTS Secretary-General Kubanychbek Omuraliev for his contributions to the organization, while incoming Secretary-General Mirvahid Azimov was wished success in his new role.
