BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 15. Under circumstances when international legal norms are flagrantly violated and there are selective approaches based on double standards, the implementation of a policy aimed at protecting national interests and responding to current challenges is one of the primary objectives of independent states, President Ilham Aliyev said in his address to the participants of the international conference themed “Organization of Turkic States: towards new strategic goals in the context of geopolitical realities and global cataclysms" held in Shusha, Trend reports.
"The countries that have joined the Organization of Turkic States, are confidently marching towards new strategic goals and have become a growing power center in global politics are facing similar challenges. The relations between countries of this organization, which has been drawing the world's attention as a new alliance model, are based on the principles of friendship and fraternity, mutual understanding, equal partnership and multifaceted cooperation, and which represents a very important factor for stability, security and development at the national, regional and global levels," the head of state noted.