Organization of Turkic States

General informations

· Organization of Turkic States is an intergovernmental organisation which promotes comprehensive cooperation among Turkic speaking states. The organization was established on 03.10.2009 according to the Nakhchivan agreement signed at the meeting of the Heads of State of Turkic-speaking countries in Nakhchivan on 01.11.2012. The organization has 5 member states: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Türkiye. Hungary, Turkmenistan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are observers in the organisation. 

· The headquarters of OTS is located in Istanbul. OTS also operates an office in Budapest, Hungary. The Secretary General of the OTS from 11.11.2022 is Kubanychbek Omuraliev.

· The main purposes and tasks of the OTS are determined by the Nakhchivan Agreement.

· The structure of the OTS to ensure its functioning and achieve the goals set is as follows: Summit of the Council of Heads of State (Summit), Council of Foreign Ministers, Council of Elders, Senior Officials Committee, the Secretariat.

· The bodies and organizations associated with OTS are as follows:

- Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA)

- International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY)

- Turkish Academy

- Turkish Culture and Heritage Foundation

- Turkish Business Council

- Turkic Chambers of Commerce and Industry (TCCI)

- Turkish Investment Fund

· To date, 9 Summits of OTS (Almaty, Bishkek, Gabala, Bodrum, Astana, Cholpan-Ata, Baku, Istanbul and Samarkand) have been held.

· The 7th OTS summit was held in Baku on 15 October 2019, and the 12th summit was held in Gabala on 7 October 2025.

Cooperation in the field of energy within the OTS

· The foundation of cooperation in the field of energy within the framework of the OTS was laid in 2021 during the chairmanship of our country in the organization, and for the first time a Ministerial Meeting of Energy of the OTS took place.

· The day before the Ministerial Meetings of the Energy of the OTS, a meeting of the Working Group on energy of the OTS is held.

· Energy cooperation within the framework of OTS is carried out on the basis of the Energy Cooperation Program of the OTS (2023-2027) and its Action Plan. OTS Coordination Committee on energy cooperation was established to oversee the implementation of these documents. In the committee, each country is represented at the level of the Deputy Head of the corresponding state body.

· Up to date, the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan has participated in all five meetings of the Ministers of Energy of the member and observer states of the OTS.

- 1st meeting on 24.02.2021, chaired by Azerbaijan online;

- 2nd meeting on 28.09.2022, Almaty;

- 3rd meeting on 30.03.2023, Budapest;

- 4th meeting on 16.09.2024, Bishkek,

- 5th meeting on 10.12.2025, in Istanbul.

· On 16.09.2024, a meeting was held in Bishkek between Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov and Secretary General of OTS Kubanychbek Omuraliev.