Extraordinary meeting within the framework of the Turkic Council on the situation in Afghanistan

On September 27, 2021, an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the Turkic Council member countries on the situation in Afghanistan was held in Istanbul.

The event was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Kazakbaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov, General the secretary of the Turkic Council Baghdad Amreev, as well as the Ambassador of Hungary to Turkey Viktor Matish.

The meeting began with a minute of silence in memory of the martyrs who defended the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan during the 44-day war.

The ministers exchanged views on the recent situation in Afghanistan and its regional and global implications. They also shared their assessments of various aspects of the stabilization and humanitarian efforts of the international community in Afghanistan, including processes aimed at establishing a government based on a broad representation, coordinating actions to prevent terrorism, measures to counter the risks of increasing illegal migration flows from Afghanistan, and ensuring human rights.

During the meeting, Secretary General Baghdad Amreev made a presentation on the agenda of the upcoming Turkic Council summit, which will be held in Istanbul on November 12, 2021.

He stressed that the Istanbul Summit will have a rich agenda that will serve to further deepen multilateral relations between member states in various fields.

The Secretary General also informed the ministers about the process of establishing the Turkic Investment Fund and the elaboration of an agreement on free trade in services and investments.

Following the meeting, the ministers adopted the text of the Statement of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Turkic Council on the situation in Afghanistan.

The participants also exchanged views on a number of topical issues on the international and regional agenda.