The 4th Meeting of OTS Space Agencies and Relevant Authorities Held in Azerbaijan


The 4th Meeting of OTS Space Agencies and Relevant Authorities Held in Azerbaijan

The 4th Meeting of the Space Agencies and Relevant Authorities of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Azerbaijan.

The meeting, hosted by Dunay Bedirhanov, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Space Agency, took place in the capital, Baku. OTS Secretary General Kubanychbek Omuraliev, along with officials from Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, participated in the event.

The meeting aimed to strengthen mutual relations in the field of space among the Turkic states and to develop joint technologies. Yusuf Kıraç, President of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), also attended the meeting.

Discussions included the launch of a joint CubeSat project among OTS countries, the standardization of the legal framework in the field of space, and the establishment of a virtual space academy.

Additionally, information was shared regarding the space camp planned to be organized in Türkiye.

The parties reached a consensus on holding regular meetings between the OTS space agencies and relevant authorities, and on conducting cooperation and information exchange systematically among member and observer countries.

Source: Vedat Kurt