AKIPRESS.COM - The Second Meeting of the Ministers responsible for Environment and Ecology of the Organization of Turkic States was held within the framework of the Regional Ecological Summit on April 23.

​High-level officials from the member states and observers participated in the session, OTS Secretary General Kubanychbek Omuraliev, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan Rauf Hajiyev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan Yerlan Nyssanbayev, Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic Akyl Toktobaev, Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Türkiye and Chief Advisor to the President Hasan Suver, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan – Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization Asad Majeed Khan.

During his address, the OTS Secretary General emphasized that the climate crisis acts as a multiplier of inequality, threatening progress across all sectors. The Secretary General highlighted the critical environmental challenges facing the region, ranging from the Aral Sea disaster and dropping levels of the Caspian Sea to rapid glacial melt and land degradation.

Secretary General Omuraliev underscored the transition toward a circular economy and the importance of new national Climate Laws as essential frameworks, as well as the integration of AI-driven systems for achieving sustainability goals.

Referring to the Turkic Green Vision adopted during the 11th Summit of the OTS held on 6 November 2024 in Bishkek, the Secretary General underlined the significance of strengthening regional cooperation in environmental issues, calling for urgent, unified action.

The Parties signed the Declaration of the Second Meeting of the Ministers responsible for Environment and Ecology of the OTS and agreed to hold the next meeting in the Kyrgyz Republic in 2027.