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Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue – An Important Tool for Ensuring Global Peace and Trust
09.10.2025
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Today, the Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan hosted the second meeting of the Speakers of Parliaments of the Member Countries of the Group of Friends of Neutrality under the theme: "Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue – An Important Tool for Ensuring Global Peace and Trust." The event, held in a hybrid format, was attended by the heads of legislative bodies from the Group of Friends of Neutrality member states, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS, as well as agencies of the United Nations (UN) in Turkmenistan, including the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA).
It should be noted that the Group of Friends of Neutrality, which has been joined by over 25 countries since its formation in 2020, serves as a platform for developing a broad multilateral dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations. Its aim is the practical application of the principles of neutrality in conflict prevention, addressing their causes and consequences, and resolving humanitarian issues.
Those speaking at the meeting highly appreciated Turkmenistan’s role in promoting constructive international partnership and the effective application of instruments for strengthening global peace and security. As emphasized, Turkmenistan's neutrality increasingly demonstrates itself as a factor that positively impacts the stabilization of regional and global situations, and on the substance and direction of cooperation between states and international organizations in resolving numerous political, economic, humanitarian, and environmental issues. In this regard, the United Nations acts as a close partner to our country in the successful fulfillment of tasks to ensure peace.
This year marks the convergence of significant dates: the anniversary of Turkmenistan’s attainment of the legal status of permanent neutrality and the founding of the UN. This event opens a new stage for the further development of strategic cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Community of Nations. In this context, emphasis was placed on the fact that, on the initiative of our country and based on a special UN Resolution, 2025 has been declared the "International Year of Peace and Trust." Furthermore, this year, marked by historic events, the United Nations adopted the Resolution "Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan," which once again confirmed the unanimous support of the world community for Turkmenistan’s internationally recognized status.
Consistently implementing its foreign policy course, based on the principles of positive neutrality, Turkmenistan attaches great importance to developing ties at the inter-parliamentary level, which are a key factor in strengthening friendly relations between states and peoples, and productive regional and international partnership, serving the interests of universal well-being. In this context, the exceptional significance of Turkmenistan’s priority positions presented at the jubilee 80th session of the UN General Assembly should be noted. These include ensuring peace and security on the planet, achieving the UN-proclaimed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and expanding international cooperation in areas such as energy, transport, ecology and climate change, and the humanitarian sphere. Turkmenistan advocates for strengthening the supremacy of international law, improving the international regulatory framework, and increasing the effectiveness of implementing UN conventions, treaties, agreements, and other multilateral documents. In this regard, the initiative put forward by the head of state from the high rostrum of the UN to declare 2028 the Year of International Law will be an important step in strengthening the international legal foundations of peace and cooperation.
The participants of the meeting exchanged constructive views on the role and contribution of the Group of Friends of Neutrality in advancing these initiatives in the interests of all humanity. As was underscored, inter-parliamentary dialogue is an effective instrument for building trust, developing diplomacy, and seeking joint solutions to global challenges. Parliamentarians, who directly represent the interests of their peoples, are called upon to shape and develop a political environment conducive to ensuring peace, social cohesion, and sustainable development. Through the legislative base of parliamentary diplomacy, regional, and international cooperation, parliamentarians grant neutrality an institutional character and democratic legitimacy. The Group of Friends of Neutrality and inter-parliamentary cooperation have become the most suitable model for achieving these goals and objectives, representing a balanced form for the content of our country's foreign policy.
In conclusion, noting that the current meeting provided a good opportunity to broadly and comprehensively discuss the experience and results achieved in this area, as well as the conditions for developing new, more effective mechanisms for cooperation on topical issues of international life, the participants expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side for organizing the international event.
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