BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 24. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has expressed gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev for the excellent organization of the SPECA summit, Trend reports.
Tokayev spoke at the first summit of heads of state of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) in Baku. He also welcomed the leaders of Central Asian countries and honorable guests of the event.
The UN SPECA program was established on March 26, 1998. At present, the SPECA member states are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. SPECA provides a platform for sub-regional cooperation to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that can best be achieved through regional cooperation.
Baku is hosting the SPECA from November 20 to 24, 2023.