Secretary General of the Turkic Council Ambassador Ramil Hasanov had a bilateral meeting with Cihan Sultanoğlu, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator of the UNDP, Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS (RBEC) on 21 September 2016 in New York.
At the meeting, Ambassador Hasanov reiterated the commitment of the Turkic Council to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and by referring to the MoU signed between two organizations in March 2016 in Istanbul, he highlighted the readiness of the Council to jointly work on the concrete projects.
He also updated her on the organization of the upcoming international conference namely “the Role of Youth in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: Holistic approaches, from education to de-radicalization” to be co-hosted by the Turkic Council and the UN Alliance of Civilizations on 20-21 October 2016 in Istanbul. He expressed satisfaction for the confirmation of her participation in the said event as a keynote speaker.
Cihan Sultanoğlu expressed that the UNDP attributes importance to cooperate with the Turkic Council that is an influential actor in the region and noted readiness of the UNDP to further the ongoing collaboration with the Council on the basis of projects to be jointly conducted in the fields including information communication technologies and tourism.
Project Directors Pelin Musabay, Yedil Myrzakhanov, Farid Damirli, as well as Head of Protocol Emre Yurdakul accompanied the Secretary General Hasanov at the meeting.
