(July 4, 2023) Dear Mr. Chairman, Dear Heads of State and Delegations, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all participants, leaders, and members of delegations present here today. I express my heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India for extending the invitation to me as a guest of honor for this important meeting. Dear Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the assumption of the chairmanship of the Shanghai...

The following outcome documents of the international conferences held in Turkmenistan were published as an official document of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly: Summary statement of the International Conference on transport and transit corridors: interconnectedness and development 2023, held in Ashgabat on 3 and 4 May 2023 (click to open full document); Outcome statement of the OSCE International Conference entitled “The role of neutral States in strengthening security, stabi...

The communiqué of the International Conference "Cooperation in the field of food security in the context of climate change", held in Ashgabat on March 10, 2023, was published in the six official languages of the UN (А/77/837) as an official document of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. The document was published under agenda items 18 "Sustainable Development", 24 "Agricultural Development, Food Security and Nutrition" and 61 "Zone of Peace, Trust and Cooperation of Central Asia".

Final Declaration adopted at the First Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality for Peace, Security and Sustainable Development published in the six official UN languages (A/77/778 - see document below) as an official document of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly under agenda item 58 “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace”. The ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality was held in Ashgabat on December 10, 2022. The adopted Declaration consolidates th...

Mr. Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues Let me express my gratitude to His Excellency Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov for the informative and very timely briefing today. We are on the way to the eighth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Our preparation process and review meetings make this Strategy a dynamic document adjusted to every Member States’ counter-terrorism priorities. I commend...

(Baku, March 2, 2023) Heads and members of delegations! Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, let me express my gratitude to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan His Excellency Ilham Aliyev for the initiative to convene this Summit, its excellent organization and hospitality. The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic today are one of the most pressing and serious challenges of our time. And this problem, of course, is not limited to purely medical aspects – it directly affect...