Shavkat Mirziyoyev awarded the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Chairman of the National Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the "Highest Order of the Turkic World".
"We all know and appreciate your endless love, respect and admiration for all our brother countries. "Your zeal to strengthen the independence of Turkish states and actively promote their interests and views in the international arena is really commendable," Mirziyoyev told the Turkish president.
"I am happy to have been awarded the great award of the Turkish world. The fact that this award was presented in Samarkand deserves special recognition. I am grateful for this on behalf of myself and my people," Rajap Tayyib Erdogan replied.
"Distinguished Gurbanguly Myalikguliyevich Berdimuhamedov has won the attention of the general public with his multifaceted activities and valuable scientific and educational works, and it should be emphasized that he has a great positive influence on the education of the young generation in particular. gives me pleasure. Your active participation in our conference and your historic decisions and initiatives are of great importance," the President of Uzbekistan praised.
"'The highest order of the Turkish world' is an award given to the Turkmen people," said Berdimuhamedov in response.
Also, the late famous writer Chingiz Aitmatov was awarded the Alisher Navoi international award for his contribution to the unity of the Turkic world. The award was presented to Sadir Japarov, who will be placed in the Aitmatov Museum.
"The highest order of the Turkish world" has been awarded to the participants of the summit since 2019. At the summit held in Baku, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev presented this order to the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. In 2021, the president of Turkey awarded the leader of Azerbaijan with this order.