Turkmenistan Attends Central Asia–EU Strategic Institutes Forum in Brussels

On 31 October, the first forum of strategic institutes titled «Central Asia – European Union: Transformation of Cooperation in a Changing World» was held in Brussels, Belgium. The event was organised with the support of the EU Special Representative for Central Asia's office and the European Union Institute for Security Studies.

Turkmenistan was represented by Batyr Niyazliyev, an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Sapar Palvanov. The main goal of the meeting was to strengthen expert-level dialogue between Central Asia and the European Union and to develop specific proposals for advancing strategic cooperation, building on the results of the first Central Asia–EU summit held in Samarkand in April 2025.

Participants discussed international security, trade and economic cooperation, transport and energy connectivity, investment, digitalisation, education and public diplomacy. The Turkmen side stressed the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, the possibilities of supplying Turkmen natural gas to the European market, and the importance of the Turkmenbashi International Seaport. Turkmenistan's initiative to host the Central Asia–EU Economic Forum in 2027 was also noted.