Accra:Bishkek The 15th Meeting of the TURKPA Council of the Assembly took place on October 20 in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. The event was hosted by the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic as part of the Fifteenth Plenary Session of TURKPA.
According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, the meeting was attended by notable figures including the Chairperson of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova, Chairman of the Kuryltai of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aibek Dadebay, Chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic Marlen Mamataliev, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Numan Kurtulmus, and Secretary General of TURKPA Ambassador Ramil Hasan.
The session began with an opening speech by Chairperson-in-Office of TURKPA, Aibek Dadebay, followed by a ceremony where the TURKPA Chairmanship was transferred from Kazakhstan’s Kuryltai to Kyrgyzstan’s Jogorku Kenesh. Marlen Mamataliev accepted the chairmanship and delivered a welcome speech in his new role.
During the meeting, several key decisions were made regarding the agenda. These included the approval of the draft final reports from the election observation missions of TURKPA, the draft budget for 2027, the draft Bishkek Declaration of the Fifteenth Plenary Session, and the adoption of the Plan of Activities for 2027. The council also approved candidates for various positions including chairs and vice-chairs of the permanent commissions, Deputy Secretaries General, and Secretaries of Commissions.
Mirlan Usenkanov was elected Secretary of the TURKPA Commission on Education, Culture, Social and Humanitarian Affairs. Aynura Abutalibova and Bauyrzhan Datkayev were re-elected as Secretaries of the TURKPA Commission on Environment, Natural Resources and Health Protection, and the Commission on Economic Cooperation, respectively.