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Omuraliev highlights energy and transport on OTS agenda for 2026
Organization of Turkic States Secretary General Omuraliev said deeper integration to strengthen transport, energy, digital and people-to-people connectivity stands out among the organization’s future goals.
Organization of Turkic States Secretary General Omuraliev said the organization was moving toward an implementation-focused structure in 2026, with 64 cooperation mechanisms spanning areas from political dialogue, economy and trade to security and space technologies. Omuraliev described the period as a year of implementation, transformation and institutional deepening.
Omuraliev said the goal of deeper integration to strengthen economic, transport, energy, digital and people-to-people connectivity stood out among the organization’s future priorities. He said this goal was intended to be pursued on the basis of respect for the sovereignty and national priorities of the states.
Institutional capacity expands
Recalling that the leaders of the Turkic states first met in 1992, Omuraliev said the summit process launched by that meeting had, over nearly 20 years, advanced political dialogue, mutual trust and the will to act together.
Omuraliev said October 3 was not merely an anniversary of the organization’s establishment, but a historic turning point at which shared historical, linguistic, cultural and fraternal ties were transformed into a shared will for the future.
Omuraliev said the Nakhchivan Agreement, signed in 2009, was an important stage in turning political will into institutional capacity. He recalled that the agreement established the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.
Omuraliev said a new stage in institutionalization began at the 2021 Istanbul Summit, when the Turkic Council was renamed the Organization of Turkic States and the Turkic World 2040 Vision was adopted. He said the organization had moved beyond its initial framework of consultation and dialogue to become a more comprehensive structure.
Omuraliev announced that 32 new cooperation mechanisms had been established since 2023. He said this number equaled the total number of mechanisms created through the end of 2022, emphasizing that political coordination and the will to act together had strengthened significantly.
Cooperation in diplomacy and common areas
Omuraliev said the scope of political consultations had expanded and networks among institutions had grown stronger, adding that the Turkic world had begun to present a more visible and stronger common voice internationally.
Omuraliev identified developing relations with the United Nations system and other international organizations, the OTS+ format and public diplomacy initiatives such as Turkic Week as among the components of this transformation. He said progress on the Common Turkic Alphabet also carried particular significance for passing the shared linguistic and cultural heritage on to future generations.
Omuraliev said cultural and social rapprochement was important for the organization. He said Azerbaijan’s successful chairmanship had given momentum to the activities planned for 2026, adding that the period stood out for its intensive political and sectoral agenda, new initiatives and more effective operation of existing cooperation mechanisms.
Omuraliev said significant progress had been made in the economic sphere and that connectivity remained among the strategic priorities. He said the OTS was moving toward stronger cooperation in the fields of the future, including health. He added that the organization was advancing toward a structure that turns decisions into implementation, agreements into projects and a shared vision into tangible results.
2040 Vision to serve as key reference
Omuraliev said the Turkic World 2040 Vision would serve as a key reference point for the OTS’s future goals, adding that deeper integration was one of the key concepts of the next stage.
Omuraliev said they aimed to move from cooperation to deeper integration, from agreements to implementation and from individual projects toward a space that was more closely interconnected economically, digitally and through people-to-people ties.
Omuraliev announced that he was approaching the end of his term as secretary general, which began in 2022. He said serving the Turkic world in this role for four years had been a great honor and responsibility.
Omuraliev emphasized that strengthening ties among the Turkic states, the will to act together and the capacity to produce results in line with shared goals was important for the OTS’s future.
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