Kazakhstan's proposal for Russia's participation in the Organization of Turkic States The President of Kazakhstan, Kassem Jomart Tokayev, proposed that Russia be invited to cooperate with the Organization of Turkish Governments, or that Moscow be granted the status of an observer member in this regional organization. The President of Kazakhstan made this diplomatic proposal on October 30 during a meeting of the heads of this organization in Ankara, the capital of Turkey; The meeting in which Turkey officially received the rotating presidency of the Organization of Turkish Governments from the Republic of Azerbaijan.