Turkmen President attends summit in Baku

Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedov travelled to Azerbaijan on a working visit on 15 October 2026. The purpose of the trip was to take part in the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku.

In his address to the summit, the Turkmen leader stressed the importance of strengthening peace, security and mutual trust on the continent. He also proposed making more active use of the potential of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, which is headquartered in Ashgabat.

Ashgabat views CICA as a key international platform for sustainable development and stability, the report said, with particular emphasis placed on developing international legal frameworks. The president recalled Turkmenistan's initiatives to proclaim 2028 the International Year of International Law and to designate 2027–2037 as the UN Decade of Dialogue and Preventive Diplomacy.