Numan Kurtulmuş, speaker of Türkiye's Grand National Assembly, held talks in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where he was attending the 15th General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic States (TÜRKPA).
Kurtulmuş met with Kazakhstan Kurultay Speaker Aybek Dadebay at the Irys Ordo Congress Center. The meeting addressed bilateral relations between Türkiye and Kazakhstan and interparliamentary cooperation.
Kurtulmuş congratulated Dadebay on the constitutional referendum and Kurultay elections and wished him success in his role as speaker of the Kazakhstan Kurultay.
Kurtulmuş said Türkiye and Kazakhstan are two brotherly countries connected by common historical, linguistic and cultural ties, adding that they wanted to advance relations, which have been elevated to the level of an Enhanced Strategic Partnership, in every area through existing cooperation mechanisms.
Kurtulmuş said the bonds of friendship and brotherhood between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev contributed to the development of relations between the two countries. He said cooperation between the two countries' parliaments should also be advanced in line with the close relations between their governments.
Kurtulmuş said they would host the COP31 Parliamentary Meeting in Antalya on November 16 this year together with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and invited Dadebay to the meeting.
Kurtulmuş said Türkiye and Kazakhstan had significant potential for cooperation in many areas and had developed strong economic ties, adding that Kazakhstan was Türkiye's largest trading partner in Central Asia. He said they wanted to further increase bilateral trade volume.
Kurtulmuş said the Middle Corridor stands out as a safe, short and effective route for trade between East and West, stressing the need to enhance the importance of this connectivity network.
AK Party Ordu Deputy Mahmut Özer, CHP Tokat Deputy Kadim Durmaz and Türkiye's Ambassador to Bishkek Mekin Mustafa Kemal Ökem also attended the meeting.
President Japarov receives Kurtulmuş
As part of the 15th General Assembly of TÜRKPA, Speaker Kurtulmuş was also received by Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov.
At the reception held at the Intymak Ordo Building of the Administration of the Presidency of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kurtulmuş was accompanied by Kyrgyzstan Jogorku Kenesh Speaker Marlen Mamataliev, Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Speaker Sahiba Gafarova, Kazakhstan Kurultay Speaker Aybek Dadebay, Uzbekistan Senate Speaker of the Oliy Majlis Tanzila Narbayeva, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Assembly Speaker Ziya Öztürkler and TÜRKPA Secretary-General Ramil Hasan.
The meeting addressed developments in the Turkic world, areas of cooperation and work carried out במסגרת TÜRKPA.