Turkmenistan's priorities for sustainable global development

On 15 October, President Serdar Berdimuhamedow visited Azerbaijan to attend a summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). He stressed that compliance with international law and the UN Charter matters especially during profound geopolitical and geoeconomic change.

He called for a ministerial-level dialogue on transport within CICA and proposed a network of young CICA ambassadors. He also backed an international code on the peaceful use of artificial intelligence and drew attention to the initiative to create the Ashgabat Climate Dialogue, a platform on climate, desertification and water issues.

On 16 October he travelled from Baku to Armenia to attend a leaders' summit held within the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Summit discussions covered ecosystem protection, financing of environmental initiatives and preparations for COP17. Berdimuhamedow presented Turkmenistan's broad strategy for conserving biodiversity and noted the country's national strategy for 2026 to 2035.