Turkmen President Outlines Priorities at CICA Summit in Baku and COP17 in Armenia

On 15 October, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov made a working visit to Azerbaijan to attend the Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku. In his speech, he said the summit takes place amid deep geopolitical and geoeconomic transformations, when strict observance of international law and the UN Charter is of fundamental importance.

Berdimuhamedov cited Turkmenistan's UN initiatives, including proclaiming 2028 the International Year of International Law and declaring 2027–2037 the Decade of Dialogue and Preventive Diplomacy. He called for wider use of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, which is headquartered in Ashgabat. At CICA he proposed a ministerial-level transport dialogue, an international code on the peaceful use of artificial intelligence, the Ashgabat Climate Dialogue and a Network of Young Ambassadors of Trust.

On 16 October he travelled from Baku to Armenia for a leaders' summit held within COP17 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. There he presented Turkmenistan's strategy for protecting ecosystems and tackling climate challenges, and outlined priorities of its National Strategy and Action Plan on biodiversity for 2026–2035. He also noted the inclusion of Turkmenistan's natural territories in the transnational UNESCO World Heritage site «Turan Deserts of the Temperate Zone».