The 2nd meeting of the Heads of Mapping Institutions of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Baku, APA reports.
The official part of the event was attended by Azerbaijani First Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Rashad Ismayilov, OTS Deputy Secretary General Merey Mukazhan, Head of the Secretariat of the State Commission for the delimitation of the state border between Azerbaijan and Armenia Murad Najafbayli, Chief of the Main Operations Department of the Ministry of Defense Lieutenant General Azer Aliyev, and Deputy Chief of Staff of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture, Deputy National Coordinator of WUF13 Gulshan Rzayeva.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the relevant institutions responsible for geodesy, cartography, land management, cadastre, remote sensing, and geographic information systems from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Türkiye, as well as observer states Hungary and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
As a conclusion of the meeting, the declaration of the 2nd Meeting of the Heads of Mapping Institutions of the OTS was adopted.
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On December 3, the second meeting of the Heads of Mapping Institutions of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) began in Baku, APA reports.
The meeting brings together representatives from institutions specializing in geodesy, cartography, land management, cadastre, remote sensing, and geographic information systems from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Türkiye, as well as Hungary and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which hold observer status.
Officials from Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the State Agency for Geodesy and Cartography under the ministry, and specialists from other relevant institutions attended the event.
The Baku-hosted meeting will review the implementation status of the targets set at the first meeting of the Heads of Mapping Institutions, held in Ankara on September 30 – October 1, 2024, and discuss opportunities to strengthen cooperation, as well as set and implement new objectives.
This event reflects Azerbaijan’s ongoing efforts in environmental protection and sustainable management, as well as its commitment to enhancing cooperation in geodesy, cartography, and geographic information systems. The initiative is also linked to the upcoming World Environment Day and the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13), scheduled to be held in Baku in 2026.
The meeting will conclude with the adoption of a Declaration.
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