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Railway administrations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkiye, and Uzbekistan met in Tashkent on October 7–8 to discuss the further development of the CASCA+ international multimodal route. Kyrgyzstan was represented by a delegation from Kyrgyz Temir Zholu led by Deputy General Director Dastan Usubakunov.
Kazakhstan will require foreigners arriving without visas to obtain an electronic entry permit from 24 October, under updated rules approved by a government decree dated 10 October. The document was first published on 14 October and takes effect ten days after that date. The requirement covers citizens of Eurasian Economic Union member states and countries with which Kazakhstan has visa-free travel agreements.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov is in Baku on a working visit to attend the 7th CICA Summit, which Azerbaijan chairs and hosts on October 15. The visit focuses on turning agreements into practical results, including expanded trade, investment, banking ties and transport links. Bilateral trade totaled $77.17 million in 2025, about 1.9 times the 2024 figure.
Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived in the Republic of Azerbaijan on October 15 to take part in the 7th Summit Meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), according to a report by Oxu.az.
Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov met with Eduards Stipras, the European Union's Special Representative for Central Asia.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov arrived in Baku on October 14 for a working visit to Azerbaijan. He will take part in the 7th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The president's press service announced the visit.
Turkey's sovereign wealth fund has signed an agreement to buy 100 percent of the shares in the state-owned Ziraat Katılım and Halk Katılım banks. The deal is the first stage of a plan, announced earlier by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to merge three state-owned Islamic finance banks into one.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 14, according to the Press Service of the Azerbaijani president. Aliyev praised the successful development of relations between the two countries and fondly recalled his state visit to Uzbekistan in August.
Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), issued a written statement on the Organization of Turkic States and Türkiye's upcoming chairmanship. He said the level reached by the organization is of great importance for the future of the Turkic world at a time when political, economic and geopolitical developments are accelerating.
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev departed on 14 October for a working visit to the city of Baku, Azerbaijan, at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The news was reported by the national news agency UzA.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's visit to Turkmenistan is described as an important step toward strengthening friendship, good neighbourliness and strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In a commentary published by UzA, Shanjarbay Kalmuratov, a deputy of the Nukus district Council of People's Deputies, addresses the visit.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is on a visit to Azerbaijan. Musavat.com reported that the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the trip.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Baku on a working visit at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
The seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), known in Azerbaijani as AQEM, will be held in Baku tomorrow under Azerbaijan's chairmanship. Leaders and representatives of member and observer states, as well as representatives of partner organisations, will attend.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku during a working visit. At the start of the talks, Mirziyoyev sincerely congratulated Aliyev on Azerbaijan's successful chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and on hosting its seventh summit.
According to the Kabar news agency, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov attended an informal dinner on October 14 in Baku, held in honour of participants of the seventh summit of heads of state of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The dinner took place during his working visit to Azerbaijan, at the Gulistan reception house in Baku, where the summit was held.
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Ramil Hasan, Secretary General of the Turkic Parliamentary Assembly (TURKPA), has sent congratulations to Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the Turkmen people on the 35th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence. He conveyed the greetings on behalf of the TURKPA International Secretariat and in his own name.
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Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), said relations between Türkiye and Azerbaijan are based on the heartfelt bond between the two nations. In a written statement, Bahçeli also addressed the Organization of Turkic States and Türkiye’s upcoming chairmanship of the body.
On 14 October 2026, delegations led by defence ministers of several states arrived at Issyk-Kul International Airport, located in the village of Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan. They came to take part in a meeting of the Council of Defence Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which will be held in Kyrgyzstan.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Azerbaijan on October 14 to take part in the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
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MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli said that at a time of rapid political, economic and geopolitical developments worldwide, the level reached by the Organization of Turkic States is of great importance for the future of the Turkic world.
MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli said the level reached by the Organization of Turkic States is of great importance for the future of the Turkic world. He described the organization as the institutional foundation of shared history, culture and a common vision for the future. According to Bahçeli, relations within the organization rest on respect for each member state's sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and domestic law.
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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Baku, Azerbaijan, tomorrow to attend the Seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). According to Foreign Ministry sources, he will represent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Azerbaijan on 14-15 October at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev. During the trip he will attend the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), to be held in Baku.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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