The Organization of Turkic States (OTS) will become a global player in the future, President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Al Arabiya TV channel, SİA informs via AZERTAC.
"The Organization of Turkic States has great potential. Azerbaijan was always straightforward in strengthening this institution. It started as a kind of group of countries, as a consultative group, as a council, but then it transformed. It has a great potential," the head of state said.
He noted that Azerbaijan's close relations with Türkiye are now based on Alliance Declaration signed with President Erdogan in Shusha in 2021, which makes the two countries military allies and political allies.
"From legal point of view, it's important factor, not only for both countries, but for the whole Turkish world. Last year, we signed the alliance agreement with Uzbekistan and also with other members of Organization of Turkic States. We have strategic partnership agreements or declaration. It's a big potential," the head of state said.
"We are united by our roots, which makes this organization unique. Because if you look at other international organizations, not all — or perhaps only some — are united by a common ethnic group. Yeah, we are different peoples, but we have all common… our roots, coming from the Turkic ethnicity, we have growing population, which is also important factor for every country. When it is supported by economic development, it is advantage. Sometimes it's disadvantaged, when countries are poor, but our countries are not poor. We have natural resources, not in every country, but in many," he said.
The Azerbaijani leader noted that Türkiye is a leading military force on the global scale. In NATO, its second army after United States. Azerbaijani army also demonstrated itself on the battlefield, not on parades.
"So and connectivity. When we talk about today, about corridors, you cannot avoid us. You cannot; you should use us, our territories, our facilities. Also important is that in all members of organization, there is a political stability, and friendly relations between each other and between all so this really makes organization unique. So we need to strengthen it, and we need to strengthen it by concrete projects, by investments, by energy, by transportation, by cultural projects. So I see in the future this organization as one of the important global actors. So, our view is to transform it into a global actor which can play a role on international arena, which not only be preoccupied with our internal issues, but to play a stabilizing role on international arena, positive role, generating opportunities for the neighbors, and demonstrating that on such a huge geographic geography, you can build a strong unity, which is not a threat to anyone, but which is an opportunity to many," Ilham Aliyev said.
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