The summit of the Turkic Council will be held via videoconference.

As we reported earlier on March 31, the Turkic Council summit was to be held in the city of Turkestan, due to the situation with the spread of the coronavirus, it was decided to hold an unofficial summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States (CCTS, Turkic Council) scheduled for March 31 in the republic via videoconference. This was reported on Tuesday by the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry.“In connection with the epidemiological situation, the Kazakh side decided to hold an unofficial summit of the Turkic Council, scheduled for March 31 in the city of Turkestan, via videoconference. The CCTS Secretariat was officially notified of this decision.At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan recalled that all the heads of states - members of the CCTS and the Prime Minister of Hungary, which is an observer in this organization, will take part in the meeting.On March 17, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan informed that following the summit, a declaration is expected to be signed declaring Turkestan the spiritual capital of the Turkic world.