CCTS Education Ministers’ regular meeting kicks off in Baku

Baku, November28, AzerTAc 3rd meeting of the education ministers of Turkic Speaking States Cooperation Council (CCTC) member states has kicked off in Baku. Speaking to the meeting, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education Mikayil Cabbarov hailed the reforms carried out in this field, the achievements, issues and the challenges ahead. Fatma Abdullazade, head of Humanitarian Policy Department of the President's Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan read out President Ilham Aliyev’s letter of congratulation to the participants of the meeting. Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States Ramil Hasanov in his speech stressed the importance of the event. The meeting brought together Minister of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic Kanat Sadıkov, chairman of the Turkish Higher Education Council Yekta Smith, Minister of Education of Turkey Nabi Hunter, executive secretary of the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan Aliya Qalimova and others, who exchanged views on the topic. The meeting will discuss the current state of cooperation and the main directions of development of relations in the field of education and other issues of mutual interest among the member states of Turkic Speaking States Cooperation Council.