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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held an informal conversation within the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku. The report is based on Day.Az.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith in Baku on October 15. The talks focused on taking relations between Uzbekistan and Laos to a new level, and Mirziyoyev spoke in favour of expanding practical partnership with Laos.
Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan, met with Hasan Doğan, head of the Secretariat of the President of Turkey, and Hakkı Susmaz, Secretary General of the Presidential Administration, according to UzDaily. Reported from Tashkent, the source says the sides noted strong historical and cultural ties between Uzbekistan and Turkey, based on shared history, closeness of languages and traditions.
On the sidelines of the Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Qazinform News Agency reported the meeting, citing the press service of Akorda.
On 15 October, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. Information about the meeting was published on the official website of the head of state.
Diplomacy
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has arrived in Yerevan, Armenia, at the invitation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. He is there to take part in the Leaders' Summit on Biodiversity, held within COP17.
Russia is ready to take part in infrastructure projects in the South Caucasus but has not yet received any application to join the transport route project named after US President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, according to Interfax, as reported by Trend.
Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan, met Hasan Doğan, head of the Presidential Secretariat of Turkey, and Hakkı Susmaz, Chief Secretary of the Presidential Administration. The sides noted the shared history, language, culture and traditions of Uzbekistan and Turkey, and said relations are developing consistently on this solid foundation.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on October 15.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Vietnamese Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân on the sidelines of the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia. The two sides discussed practical ways to strengthen and further expand mutually beneficial ties between the two countries.
The working visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Republic of Azerbaijan has concluded. On the first day of the visit, Mirziyoyev met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The leaders discussed the implementation of agreements reached at the highest level and the further development of relations of strategic partnership and alliance.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, on October 15.
Speaker of the Jogorku Kenesh Marlen Mamataliev met with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Abylkair Skakov, on October 14. The two sides stressed the deep historical, cultural and spiritual ties between the countries, as well as their fraternal and friendly relations, and noted the importance of deepening cooperation within their strategic partnership.
The Leaders' Summit on biodiversity has opened in Yerevan, Armenia. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the ceremony at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex together with the heads of several states. Guests were shown an interactive show about nature conservation. According to a statement from the Akorda presidential press service, the show is meant to stress the «global significance of biodiversity conservation and careful attitude to the planet's natural heritage».
The Russian Consulate General in Almaty has sent a diplomatic note to the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs after a two-month arrest was ordered for Russian rapper Navai (Navai Bakirov), a member of the popular duo HammAli & Navai, according to Sputnik Kazakhstan. In the note, Russian diplomats requested official clarifications and comments from the Kazakh side about the detention of the Russian citizen and said they were ready to provide the artist with necessary consular assistance.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Central Asia amid growing competition between Washington and China and the region's efforts to reduce its dependence on Russia. According to Azattyk Asia, the trip raises questions about US interests, what Central Asian states hope to gain, and whether it could mark the start of a new stage in relations.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on October 15. The platform, founded in 1992, brings together 28 member states, 9 observer countries and 5 international organisations.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev supported the reconciliation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia, saying the example of the South Caucasus clearly shows what results farsighted leadership can achieve. Tokayev said the rapprochement, after decades of deep disagreements, opens new prospects and creates opportunities to build bridges between East and West.
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Council considered draft laws to ratify several international agreements at its session in Bishkek on October 15, 2026, according to Kabar. Parliament said the bills were approved in three readings.
Uzbekistan's head of state has signed the constitutional law “On the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan.” Under the law, the Constitutional Court will determine whether laws, decisions of the Oliy Majlis chambers, presidential decrees and resolutions, and decisions of the Government and local state authorities comply with the Constitution. It will also determine whether the laws of the Republic of Karakalpakstan comply with Uzbek laws, and will consider appeals on the constitutionality of normative legal acts submitted on the initiative of the Supreme Court. Within its authority, the court will interpret the Constitution and laws.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, who was in Azerbaijan on a working visit. According to a message from Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which Day.Az reported, the meeting took place on 15 October.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Akorda presidential press service reported. Tokayev thanked Aliyev for his invitation and hospitality, praised the high level of organisation of the CICA summit, and noted Azerbaijan's significant contribution during its chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Kazakhstan is ready to offer scholarships to students from all 28 member states of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), along with research grants for scientists from participating countries. He made the announcement at the 7th CICA summit in Baku, according to the Akorda presidential press service.
Representatives of Turkish minorities and communities from nine European countries will gather in Skopje, North Macedonia, from 15 to 18 October 2026. The meeting is organised and hosted by the Turkish Democratic Party (TDP) and marks the 12th annual meeting of the Turkish Minorities/Communities Working Group (TAG) of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN).
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