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Greece will hold a drill in the Eastern Mediterranean on 19 October together with France, Italy and the Greek Cypriot Administration (GKRY). According to a Ta Nea report carried by Haber Kıbrıs, the exercise, called “Eunomia”, will largely take place along the route of a planned electricity interconnector project (GSI) linking Greece, GKRY and Israel.
Bensi George, chief operating officer of the Federation of International Chambers of Commerce and Delegations and a representative of the Kerala state government in India, proposed developing cooperation with Tatarstan in four directions. The initiative was voiced at the plenary session of the TAIM II Russia-India Forum in Kazan.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor on 16 October. The two sides reviewed current issues related to further deepening the Uzbek-American strategic partnership.
Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides announced that a high-level meeting between the European Union and Turkey will be held before the end of October. Speaking in Brussels on the second day of the European Council summit, he said the meeting will take place at the request of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He said he received this information after contacts in New York and expressed satisfaction with the decision.
On October 16, 2026, in Bishkek, Meerimbek Koichumanov, Deputy Head of the National Investment Agency, met Ross Land, CEO of the Eurasia Critical Minerals Organisation, and representatives of the British Embassy in Kyrgyzstan, Kabar reported.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Jamil Kazanchi, chairman of the board of directors of the Turkish company Aksa Enerji, within the first meeting of the Investors Council of the fuel and energy sector.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation led by Mohammed Abunayyan, co-chair of the Uzbek-Saudi Business Council and chairman of the board of ACWA, within the first meeting of the Investors Council in the fuel and energy sector.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the heads of leading United Arab Emirates companies in Tashkent as part of the first meeting of the Investors Council in the fuel and energy sector. The meeting was attended by Mohammad Jamil Al Ramahi, chief executive officer of Masdar, and Hussein Al Nowais, chairman of AMEA Power.
The Border Police General Directorate reported extremely heavy traffic at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo border crossings on Friday, 16 October 2026, caused by freight vehicles trying to exit toward Turkey. Traffic at all other crossings with Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania is flowing normally.
Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) has been described as an important stage in the organisation's institutional development. Political scientist Azer Garayev, speaking to Trend and cited by Day.Az, said the VII Summit held in Baku on October 15 showed Azerbaijan's results and confirmed the country's growing role in regional processes.
According to the website Sigmalive, Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides said in a statement in Brussels that the European Union will meet with Turkey this month to discuss resuming negotiations on the Cyprus problem.
Diplomacy
Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow attended the Leaders Summit held in Yerevan, Armenia, within the framework of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP17). After a working visit to Azerbaijan on 15 October, the president flew from Baku to Armenia and landed at Yerevan's international airport. He was welcomed there by Armenian officials and members of the Turkmen delegation.
Energy
Armenia is studying the possibility of mutual electricity supplies with Azerbaijan. This includes purchasing electricity from the neighbouring country should such a need arise.
Diplomacy
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed that relations between Yerevan and Moscow have never cooled and have not changed, despite some disagreements. According to Musavat.com, citing his words, the Armenian side's railways...
Kürşad Zorlu, deputy chairman of the ruling AK Party and head of its Turkic States Relations department, commented on Türkiye-Azerbaijan relations. He said the states may differ in how they progress, that each state fully respects the other's decisions under the law of sovereignty, and that any problems will be discussed within the family council.
Ashgabat, 16 October – A delegation of the Republic of the Philippines, led by Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs Leo M. Herrera-Lim, visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on 15 October. There it took part in bilateral inter-ministerial political consultations held at the level of deputy heads of agencies.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the 7th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). He reminded participants that security is always one of the core priorities of CICA's work.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that wars and conflicts will continue and new ones will emerge until mechanisms ensuring the implementation of decisions and resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council and other international organizations are developed. He spoke at the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev presented the country's results in conserving rare animal species at the COP17 summit in Yerevan. The efforts focus on restoring populations of the saiga antelope, the Turanian tiger and other species.
Diplomacy
The seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), held in Baku on October 15, marked the next stage in the development of the platform created on Kazakhstan's initiative.
President Sadyr Japarov met UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany in Yerevan on 16 October, on the sidelines of the Leaders' Summit within the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The sides discussed cooperation in education, science, culture, youth policy and digital technologies, as well as the preservation of historical and natural heritage. Japarov stressed the importance of Kyrgyzstan's cooperation with UNESCO and noted that the country was elected to UNESCO's Executive Board for 2025–2029.
Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has departed on a visit to Armenia, according to the news outlet Turkmeninform. The report was published on 16 October 2026, the day of the departure.
In 2026, Baku will host the VII Summit of AQEM, chaired by President Ilham Aliyev.
Tatarstan's head Rustam Minnikhanov spoke at the plenary session of the II Russia-India business forum "TAYM" in Kazan and said significant progress has been made in cooperation between Tatarstan and India. He noted that mutual trade is growing at an accelerated pace this year, but that supplies of raw materials and primary-sector products still make up the larger share.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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