{
  "id": 17781029,
  "title": "Absent friends",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/absent-friends",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T08:57:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Emerging Europe",
    "slug": "emerging-europe",
    "url": "https://emerging-europe.com/absent-friends/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 13th summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) took place in Ankara on October 30, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasized the importance of unity within the Turkic world, stating \"no room for separation, division or discord.\" However, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who did not attend the summit, sent his foreign minister instead. This was in response to Erdoğan's failure to attend a regional security summit in Baku earlier in October.\n\nThe summit resulted in an Ankara Declaration of 163 points, which proposed various initiatives such as a defence industry college hosted by Türkiye, a cybersecurity council, and closer cooperation on the Middle Corridor, a trans-Caspian route for goods between China and Europe. The summit also backed the Zangezur link across southern Armenia, ratified by Armenia's parliament.\n\nNotable absences included Hungary's Viktor Orbán, who hosted an informal OTS summit, and a few other key figures. However, the summit showed the OTS's continued relevance, particularly in terms of freight, with cargo through the Middle Corridor increasing by 30% between the first nine months of this year and 2025.",
  "summary": "The Turkic world is not quite as united as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s talk of eternal brotherhood would suggest. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used the occasion of the opening of the 13th summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) in Ankara on October 30 to tell the various assembled leaders that there was “no […] Absent friends was originally published on Emerging Europe .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}