ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 3. Kyrgyzstan is ready to host the next summit of the Organization of Turkic States, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov said at the 10th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Astana, TurkicWorld reports.

“We're always ready to contribute to the reliable development of the Organization, constructive and productive cooperation between the Turkic countries, strengthening friendly and close neighborly relations,” he noted.

Zhaparov also noted that the Kyrgyz side highly appreciates the results of Uzbekistan’s chairmanship in the organization, which organized a number of events at a high substantive level, actively promoted the OTS agenda, and ensured the sustainable development of cooperation within the organization in various fields.

The 10th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the OTS has started today in Astana.

Within the meeting international documents in the fields of emergency response and metrology are expected to be signed. In addition, the Astana Act and the Declaration of the Astana Summit will be signed, as will a cooperative action plan for the implementation of the OTS transport communication program.

Furthermore, Uzbekistan's chairmanship of the OTS will be transferred to Kazakhstan.

This year, Uzbekistan chairs the Organization of Turkic States. The beginning of the chairmanship was marked by the OTS Summit in Samarkand, held under the slogan “A new era of Turkic civilization: on the way to common development and prosperity” in November last year.