nCa Commentary The UN General Assembly adopted on 6 December 2022 the draft resolution “International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace, 2023.” — It was presented by Turkmenistan and co-sponsored by 68 members of the UN. The title of the resolution is adequately self-explanatory but there is the need to refine the context. […]
High-Level Meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality will take place in Turkmenistan
On 10 December 2022, a high-level meeting of the Group of Friends Neutrality for Peace, Security and Sustainable Development will be held in Ashgabat in a hybrid format. The Group was officially established on the initiative of Turkmenistan in September 2020 and has now been joined by more than 20 countries, in particular, co-authors of […]
Lavrov: Russia commends Turkmenistan’s policy of neutrality
Russia appreciates deeply Turkmenistan’s policy of neutrality. The statement came during a meeting on 28 June in Ashgabat between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. “It is a great honor for me if my small contribution at the head of the Russian mission to the UN […]
Neutrality, holistic approach defines Taliban visit to Turkmenistan
Tariq Saeedi A Taliban delegation led by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, visited Turkmenistan on 14-15 January 2022. The core meeting was held with DPM Rashid Meredov (foreign affairs) of Turkmenistan in the narrow and expanded formats. According to the press release of the foreign office of Turkmenistan (published separately): “Particular attention […]
Turkmenistan celebrates silver jubilee of permanent neutrality
nCa Report It has been 25 years since Turkmenistan gained the status of a permanently neutral country through a resolution passed unanimously by the UN General Assembly passed in 1995. To underline the importance and role of neutrality, the year 2020 was officially marked as ‘Turkmenistan – the Home of Neutrality.’ The events at various […]
Neutrality of Türkmenistan – inspiration for the TAPI corridor and a route to stability and prosperity in Afghanistan
Tariq Saeedi This is the silver jubilee year of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan. To understand the significance of neutrality, we must keep in mind that Turkmenistan looks at everything under a holistic concept. It means that everything is connected with everything else. In concentric circles, the holistic concept means that a country can only […]