The IV meeting of the health ministers of the member and observer countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Shusha on October 8 under the joint organization of the Ministry of Health of the Azerbaijan Republic and the Organization of Turkic States.
The Secretary General of the OTS, health ministers of the member and observer countries, the special representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Shusha region, as well as invited scientists from different countries attended this event.
The Secretary General of the OTS Kubanichbek Omuraliev in his opening speech expressed confidence that the event would be successful and effective for the further development of the health sector of the member countries of the Organization of Turkic States. It was emphasized that the issues to be discussed by the Secretary General and the decisions to be made would give an important impetus to the future work of the organization in a new aspect.
Speaking at the opening of the event, Teymur Musayev Minister of Health of the Azerbaijan emphasized that holding the IV meeting of health ministers of the Organization of Turkic States in Shusha is a historic and proud event. “The great son of the Turkic world and the national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev said: “Without Shusha there is no Karabakh, and without Karabakh there is no Azerbaijan.”
In their speeches, the Minister of Health of Turkey Kemal Memisoglu, the First Deputy Minister of Health of Uzbekistan Davron Sultanov, the Vice Minister of Health of Kazakhstan Yerbol Ospanov, the Minister of Health of Kyrgyzstan Alymkadyr Beyshenaliev, the Deputy Minister of Health of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Durye Deren Oygar and the representative of Hungary in Turkey emphasized that the event held by the UN member states and the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan was organized at a high level and will give impetus to the development of cooperation between the countries in a modern sense through a new prism.
Then a video message to the participants of the event was addressed from the WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Henri Kluge. Hans Henri Kluge emphasized the essence of the event and wished success to the meeting.
Within the framework of the event, was signed a “protocol of intentention on the establishment of “turktransplant”. The speakers noted the essence of the document, emphasizing that at present time the transplantology field allows to take radical decision the problems of treating many serious diseases. A number of memorandums of understanding were also signed between research institutes and centers of the ministries of health of the member countries and observers of the OTS in the of oncology, cardiology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, traumatology and orthopedics fields. The document supposes the establishment of intensive ties between the parties, conducting scientific research, improving the knowledge and skills of medical workers working in these specialties, personnel exchange, promoting and strengthening useful cooperation.
At the end of the meeting, the ministers of health of the member countries and observers of the organization of Turkic states answered on questions from media representatives.