Turkic Council to Explore Cooperation with ASEAN

Turkic Council to Explore Cooperation with ASEAN

ASEAN

Jakarta, INDONESIA
Wednesday, 25th November 2015

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H.E. Ramil Hasanov, Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) paid a courtesy call on H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN yesterday at the ASEAN Secretariat.

Secretary-General Minh briefed his counterpart from the Turkic Council on the recently announced ASEAN Community at the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, including the signing of ASEAN Community Vision 2025 which articulates ASEAN’s goals and aspirations to realise further consolidation, integration and stronger cohesiveness as a Community. He also highlighted the importance of ASEAN being an outward-looking and global player through enhancing dialogue and cooperation with external partners including the Turkic Council.

Meanwhile, Secretary-General Hasanov conveyed the Turkic Council’s interest in forging closer relations with ASEAN, including through Secretariat-to-Secretariat engagement and in areas such as business and investment, counter-terrorism, tourism, education and information technology, among others.  Both sides recognised the shared values and common objectives in maintaining peace in the region through regional cooperation and agreed to focus on specific areas identified through the focal points from both secretariats. 

The Turkic Council is an intergovernmental organisation established in 2009 with the aim of promoting comprehensive cooperation among Turkic Speaking States and to promote effective regional and bilateral cooperation in all areas of common interest. Its four Member States are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey.