Turkmenistan Foreign Minister holds briefing for diplomats and foreign media

AKIPRESS.COM - The Ministry of foreign Affairs held a briefing on the adoption by the UN General Assembly Resolution "2021 the international year of peace and trust" initiated by the President of Turkmenistan and published in the official languages of the UN the Final Statement of the Caspian economic forum, as an official document of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on Sept 18, Turkmenportal reports.
The briefing was attended by heads of diplomatic missions and missions of Turkmenistan abroad, heads and employees of embassies and representative offices of international organizations working in Turkmenistan, representatives of local and foreign media accredited in the country, political scientists.
According to the information, the speeches referred to the unanimous adoption at the 73rd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by member States of the Resolution "2021-the international year of peace and confidence", put forward by Turkmenistan.
The practical implementation of this idea, put forward by the Turkmen leader, is designed to give a new impetus to international cooperation in order to develop concrete measures to reduce tension, peaceful, political and diplomatic settlement of disputes and contradictions, overcome the crisis of trust and mutual understanding, and consolidate peace in the world.
The document specifically emphasizes the need to develop and strengthen preventive diplomacy, in particular through multilateral political dialogue, and the role of the United Nations in this regard.
According to the source, the briefing participants were shown a video - the speech of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the session of the UN General Assembly, held in September last year, where specific initiatives of our country aimed at further expansion and deepening of fruitful cooperation in the interests of well-being and progress on a global scale were announced.
Another topic of comment was the publication in the official languages of the UN of the Final Statement of the Caspian economic forum. The speakers stressed that the holding of this Forum in August this year in the national tourist zone "Avaza" was clear evidence of the significant role of neutral Turkmenistan in strengthening international and regional cooperation.
According to the results of the speeches, the participants came to a unanimous opinion that, taking an active position in the development of balanced solutions to global problems, Turkmenistan is taking concrete steps in this direction, seeking to put its peacekeeping and creative potential at the service of humanity, to fully contribute to the achievement of the UN sustainable development Goals, the information says.