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Who Should the Turkic States’ Organization Open Its Doors To?

With member states insistent on cooperation with outsiders, will Russia become one of them?

The leaders of the OTS member and observer states posed for a family photo.

Speaking at the 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) hosted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on October 29-30, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed inviting Russia into the organization through the OTS Plus mechanism or as an observer. 

“In order to enhance the authority of our organization, it would be the right and fair decision to take a positive view of Russia’s intentions and invite it to join this format or participate in the activities of the amalgamated territorial community as an observer,” Tokayev said. 

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Speaking at the 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) hosted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on October 29-30, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed inviting Russia into the organization through the OTS Plus mechanism or as an observer. 

“In order to enhance the authority of our organization, it would be the right and fair decision to take........

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