Turkey Serdar Space Agency Chairman Huseyin Yildirim, on 13-15 October 2020 study conducted to date within the scope of a visit to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Digital Development, met with Minister of Industry Innovation and Space Muse You Baghdad.
During the meeting, issues of cooperation between the two countries in the field of space were discussed. Within the scope of Kazakhstan contacts, Yıldırım and his delegation visited the National Space Center in the capital Nur Sultan and examined remote sensing satellite systems.
The Turkish delegation then went to the Baikonur Space Base in the state of Kızılorda and watched the launch of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft. Yıldırım also met with Baubek Oralmagambetov, Chairman of the Kazakhstan Space and Aviation Committee, within the framework of the visit. After the meeting, the parties signed the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of space.
In a statement he made after the signing ceremony, Yıldırım said, "The document in question will enable the start of practical cooperation between the space institutions and companies of the two countries." Yıldırım said, "There is a community of Turkish-speaking nations. Why not make it more widespread, let's not come together with more states to create bigger power and become able to compete with the world. we think. " found in the evaluations.