Turkmenistan is ready for full cooperation with SCO

Stolonogov believes that Ashgabat’s initiatives will strengthen peace on a global scale.

The leader of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the SCO Summit, which was held in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on September 15-16, 2022. Columnist Mikhail Stolonogov commented to CentralAsia.news on the political and economic initiatives put forward by the President at the Summit.

Policy of neutrality of Turkmenistan

Consistently implementing the strategy of constructive partnerships, Turkmenistan is building up mutually beneficial relations in bilateral and multilateral formats. Along with this, Turkmenistan takes part in high-level meetings of a number of international and interstate organisations, of which it is not a member, since the key aspects of their activities conform to the priorities of the foreign policy of Turkmenistan, which is primarily aimed at achieving global peace, security and sustainable development.

Standing for a broad positive dialogue for universal well-being, Turkmenistan seeks in every possible way to contribute to developing balanced solutions and addressing urgent issues and challenges of our time. This factor determines the participation of the President of Turkmenistan in the recent meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand.

Uniting one half of the world’s population and 25 percent of global GDP, the SCO, according to experts in this field, is one of the most promising international structures. It is strong for its practical activities aimed at boosting regional security and economic cooperation.

Top-level talks

Today, Turkmenistan is successfully promoting fruitful, friendly relations with all the SCO Member States. On the eve of the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of States, on September 15, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held bilateral meetings with the leaders of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming. The talks illustrated a high level of interstate dialogue and the commitment of the parties to full cooperation on a long term.

The recent Summit addressed the most urgent regional and international issues, which testifies to the huge potential that is being implemented by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Economic initiatives

The President proposed to start planning joint projects to diversify energy supplies, which would allow meeting the internal needs of the SCO Member States and entering promising foreign markets.

Moreover, Turkmenistan is ready to discuss practical ways of using its infrastructure by the SCO Member States to build intercontinental and regional transit transport corridors.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasised that the Turkmen side is ready for multi-vector cooperation with the SCO in such areas as politics, security, economy, trade and investment, as well as cultural and humanitarian interaction.

Effective proposals on security

In particular, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov called on the SCO Member States to support Turkmenistan’s initiatives at the UN aimed at strengthening peace, security and stability. They include the development of a draft resolution of the UN General Assembly “Dialogue is a Guarantee of Peace” and the proposal to declare 2025 the Year of Peace and Trust.

The leader of Turkmenistan also noted that the current complicated processes taking place in the modern world require special responsibility and consolidation of the states pursuing a policy of peace. This will enable them to build a common strategy to preserve the global and regional security architecture and avoid confrontation and unhealthy rivalry.

The President of Turkmenistan noted that Turkmenistan views the SCO as one of the most important pillars of continental stability and intends to establish closer and substantive political and diplomatic contacts to combat terrorism, extremism, organized crime and illicit drug trafficking.

The proposals put forward by Serdar Berdimuhamedov aroused interest and received the support of the SCO leaders. This, in turn, will create ample opportunities to resolutely advance efforts to establish a trust-based dialogue within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and help increase the authority of Turkmenistan in the international arena.

23 09 2022, 09:21
Photo source: turkmenistan.gov.tm

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