The President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, speaking at the summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Ankara, proposed to include Russia in the association. "It would be a correct and fair decision to take a positive view of Russia's intention and offer it to join this format or participate as an observer in the activities of the TPC," Tokayev said. In his opinion, this will significantly increase the reputation of the union. The Organization of Turkic States was established in 2009 for the purpose of cooperation between countries with common Turkic roots. Today, it includes Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan, Hungary and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, whose independence is recognized only by Turkey, have observer status. Among other initiatives, the TPC is promoting a unified Latin Turkic alphabet, including for languages ​​using the Cyrillic script. In addition, in 2025, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, proposed to conduct joint military exercises of the TPC member states, which caused concern among pro-Russian commentators.