Turan in the making - another news article from the summit:
May the unity of Turkic peoples be always strong - Nazarbayev
May the unity of Turkic peoples be always strong and their independence eternal. The statement came from President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev speaking at the third summit of the Council for Cooperation of the Turkic-speaking states in Gabala.
According to 1news.az, the head of the Kazakh state thanked the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev for hospitality.
Nazarbayev said that in order to raise the influence of the Council for Cooperation of the Turkic-speaking states, it is necessary to strengthen the institutional base of the organization.
“To this end, it is necessary to complete the process of ratification of several document”, he noted stressing the importance of the activity of the Council’s secretariat.
The Kazakh president stressed the need for the active development of economic ties between the Turkic speaking states.
“Currently, the overall volume of domestic turnover of the six independent Turkic-speaking states has reached $1,150,000,000. Despite this, the trade between our countries does not meet the existing potential”, Nazarbayev said.
The Kazakh president noted that by results of 2012, the volume of trade between his country and Turkic-speaking states made just $8bn which is only 6% of the overall turnover of the country.
Nazarbayev noted that Kazakhstan has set the task to add to the number of 30 most developed countries.
The, the president of Kazakhstan offered to create a work group for development of the tourism sphere.
“It is necessary also to pay attention to development of communications between the Council member-states. Transport and communications must become a basis for strengthening of the strength of our countries”, Nazarbayev said. He said that Kazakhstan plans to increase the power of our countries”, Nazarbayev said. He said that Kazakhstan plans to raise volumes of transit twofold by 2010 and 10 times by 2020.
In conclusion, the head of the Kazakh state accentuated the need to preserve and multiply the Turkic heritage.
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