Kyrgyzstan postpones summit of Turkic speaking countries

By  Trend

Kyrgyzstan has postponed the sixth summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States to be held in Bishkek, said the message posted on the website of the country’s Foreign Ministry.

“The the sixth summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, which was earlier scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2016 in Bishkek, has been postponed at Kyrgyzstan’s initiative,” said the message.

The new date of the summit will be agreed with the organization’s member states, according to Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Ministry.

The Turkic Council or the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States is an international organization comprising some of the Turkic countries. It was founded on 3 October 2009 in Nakhchivan. The General Secretariat is in ?stanbul, Turkey. The member countries are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey.