President: Uzbekistan to become member of Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States

Baku. 30 April. REPORT.AZ/ "Uzbekistan will become a member of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States".

Report informs citing the Anadolu, President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tashkent.

According to him, they have held extensive discussions with Erdoğan: "The flag of Uzbekistan is missing in the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, and the Uzbek flag will hold its place among the flags of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States. Uzbekistan will participate in the summit of the Council of the Turkic-speaking countries in Bishkek. It is a great and very important decision."

Notably, on October 3, 2009, the summit of the Turkic Speaking countries was held in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. An agreement on the establishment of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States was signed at the summit. The document was signed by Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. With the membership of Uzbekistan, the number of the Council members will reach 5.