Turkmenistan delegation attends 77th session of UNHCR Executive Committee

The 77th session of the Executive Committee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The Turkmen delegation was led by Amanmukhammet Sazakov, Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan.

In a speech during the plenary session, Sazakov stressed that the humanitarian dimension is an absolute priority of the country's state policy. Delegates were briefed on Turkmenistan's key achievements under its National Action Plan to eliminate statelessness, as well as the global initiative of the President of Turkmenistan to declare 2028 the Year of International Law.

On the sidelines of the session, Sazakov met UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih. In a constructive exchange of views, the sides described their long-standing partnership as strategic. The High Commissioner highly praised Turkmenistan's recognised leadership experience in Central Asia in eliminating statelessness and granting citizenship to people in need of protection.