"The Organization of Turkic States has great potential," said Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in his interview with Al Arabiya TV channel, APA reports.
"Azerbaijan was always straightforward in strengthening this institution. It started as a kind of group of countries, as a consultative group, as a council, but then it transformed. It has a great potential. Our close relations with Türkiye are now based on Alliance Declaration, which we signed with President Erdogan in Shusha in 2021, which makes us military allies and political allies. From legal point of view, it's important factor, not only for both countries, but for the whole Turkish world. Last year, we signed the alliance agreement with Uzbekistan and also with other members of Organization of Turkic States. We have strategic partnership agreements or declaration. It's a big potential. We are united by our roots, which makes this organization unique. Because if you look at other international organizations, not all — or perhaps only some — are united by a common ethnic group. Yeah, we are different peoples, but we have all common… our roots, coming from the Turkic ethnicity, we have growing population, which is also important factor for every country. When it is supported by economic development, it is advantage. Sometimes it's disadvantaged, when countries are poor, but our countries are not poor. We have natural resources, not in every country, but in many," the head of state emphasized.
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