Istanbul hosts extraordinary meeting of Council of FMs of OTS

An extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) is being held in Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace.

Report informs that Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov is taking part in the meeting.

Foreign ministers of Turkiye, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are also attending.

Foreign ministers of Hungary and Turkmenistan, who are members of the organization as observers, are among participants in the meeting.

The meeting is held as part of preparations for the OTS summit to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu opened the meeting. He said that the role of the Turkic world in ensuring global stability has increased. According to him, the war in Ukraine affects everyone:

"As the Turkic world, we are also affected by these events, including the energy crisis."