The Turkish world must play a greater role in international politics, believes, Kyrgyz President, Kurmanbek Bakiyev. The Kyrgyz President made this statement on Saturday, when speaking at the IX Summit of Heads of Turkish-speaking countries in the Azerbaijani city of Nakhchivan, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
"The Turkish world should play a greater role in international politics. Currently Kyrgyzstan and the Turkish states have no unsolvable problems, as during the years of independence, political, trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural-humanitarian relations among our countries reached the level of strategic partnership. Using common values and experiences for the benefit of full cooperation, we can make a contribution to ensuring stability in our countries. It is noteworthy that the inter-parliamentary ties among our countries have continued the trend towards further deepening and improvement, characterized by friendship, openness and understanding, as evidenced by the holding of the first plenary meeting of heads of the parliaments of the member countries of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkish-speaking countries in Baku on Sept. 28-29 this year," said Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
According to Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstan's relations with the Turkish states, based on common history, culture and language, are candid and confidential in nature and actively developing in all spheres, in a spirit of brotherhood, equality and mutual interest.
He noted the need to strengthen cooperation among the summit's participants.
"This summit is the ninth in a row, and we already have considerable experience of cooperation within our community. The time has shown that our partnership is gaining momentum, primarily due to the reconciliation of interests of each country with common goals, meeting the requirements of our long-term cooperation. The closeness of the positions of the Turkish states contributes to high-level bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Today's discussions have demonstrated the need to further strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation regarding globalization and rapidly changing priorities," said the President of Kyrgyzstan.
According to President Bakiyev, signing the Agreement to establish the Council of the Turkish-speaking countries is a unique chance to unite the efforts of the Turkish-speaking countries.
"I am confident that the establishment of this body will strengthen the solidarity, which in turn will give impetus to the development of comprehensive relations," he said.
Concerning topics of the economy, the Kyrgyz President has invited to intensify efforts to create giant joint projects of the Turkish-speaking countries in various spheres.
"Speaking about economic cooperation, I want to emphasize that the overall development of this sphere of interaction is ongoing. But despite this, it is necessary not to weaken attention to this area and to undertake further concerted measures to expand trade and economic ties. In this regard, taking into account the existing capacity of all parties, the Kyrgyz Republic suggests activating efforts to establish large-scale joint economic projects in energy, transport, communications and tourism. Implementation of projects on the above areas will be able to substantially increase bilateral trade, expand the structure of export-import relations and generate investment opportunities in our countries," Bakiyev said.
President Bakiyev noted the role of the TURKSOY organizations in embracing cultural values of Turkish-speaking peoples.
"We must not forget that the mentality of our people, our present and future largely depends on understanding of the historical nature and a profound knowledge of the spiritual values that our people have made in the world's cultural heritage. In this regard, I would like to acknowledge the work done by the Organization for the Joint Development of Turkish Culture and Art (TURKSOY), which is in September this year in the cities of Ankara and Baku, provided the performance of the Koroglu , performed by the Abdylas Maldybaev Kyrgyz National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet on the works of classic of the Azerbaijani Music, Uzeyir Hajibayli," he said.
The Kyrgyz President noted the importance of interaction among the Turkish-speaking countries in the fight against cross-border threats such as terrorism, religious extremism and drug trafficking.
"In this regard, I wish to inform you that in September 2009 Bishkek held the regular 12th meeting of the Conference of the special services of the Turkish states, which addressed issues of adjusting practical interaction among the intelligence agencies to prevent, detect and dismantle clandestine terrorist groups operating in the territory of the participant countries. I am confident that the outcome will contribute to maintaining peace, stability and security in the region," Bakiyev said.
In conclusion, the President of Kyrgyzstan expressed confidence that the future cooperation among the Turkish-speaking countries will grow and that the summit will yield fruits.