ANKARA
\nT\u00fcrkiye is making \u201cevery effort\u201d to end the conflict in Ukraine as well as to prevent a food crisis, the Turkish president has told the Turkic summit in Uzbekistan.
\n\u201cWe are making every effort to end the conflicts, through a just peace, that have been going on for nine months in Ukraine. While doing this, we are making necessary interventions to prevent the food crisis,\u201d Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his address on Friday.
\nThe member states are going through a sensitive period \u201cwith risks as well as opportunities for our countries,\u201d Erdogan said, and added: \u201cIn this period, we see that it has become much more critical for us to strengthen cooperation, solidarity, and harmony in all fields.\u201d
\nErdogan also announced that The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has been accepted as an observer state in the organisation, adding that \u201cwe contributed to the solution process by showing that our Cypriot brothers, who are an integral part of the Turkic world, are not alone.\u201d
\nOn the second anniversary of Azerbaijan\u2019s Karabakh victory, the president reiterated Ankara\u2019s support to Baku.
\n\u201cThe peace process in the South Caucasus still remains fragile despite all the attempts of Azerbaijan,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cWe stand by Azerbaijan in its pursuit of peace as well as in its struggles.\u201d
\nErdogan urged Turkic states to expand cooperation in the prevention and management of irregular migration, underlining that T\u00fcrkiye has been the country hosting the most refugees in the world since 2014.
\n\u201cIt would be appropriate for us to develop a common security concept and continue the meetings of the security council secretaries,\u201d he added.
\nHe also said a fund should be implemented by the Organisation of Turkic States to strengthen cooperation.
\n\u201cIt would be beneficial to implement the Turkish Investment Fund as soon as possible. I believe that the financial opportunities provided by the fund will strengthen our cooperation and accelerate our activities,\u201d Erdogan said.
\nThe summit is taking place under the slogan \u201cA new era of Turkic civilization: On the way to common development and prosperity.\u201d
\nThe participants of the meeting plan to discuss issues of economic cooperation and the current international agenda.
\nT\u00fcrkiye will pass the chairmanship to Uzbekistan, and the Samarkand Declaration will be adopted as part of the event.
\nThe Organisation of Turkic States is an interstate bloc, established with the aim of expanding cooperation between Turkish-speaking countries in the fields of politics, economics, science, education, transport, and tourism.
\nThe members of the organisation are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, T\u00fcrkiye, and Uzbekistan.
\nHungary and Turkmenistan have observer status in the organisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ANKARA T\u00fcrkiye is making \u201cevery effort\u201d to end the conflict in Ukraine as well as to prevent a food crisis, the Turkish president has told the Turkic summit in Uzbekistan. \u201cWe are making every effort to end the conflicts, through a just peace, that have been going on for nine months in Ukraine. While doing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-294696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n