On February 18, 2022, the scientific conference “Dialogue is a Guarantee of Peace” dedicated to the Day of Diplomatic Workers of Turkmenistan was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
The conference was accompanied by an exhibition dedicated to the Day of Diplomatic Workers of Turkmenistan.
Heads and employees of the diplomatic service of Turkmenistan, heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations working in Turkmenistan, teachers and students of higher educational institutions, representatives of public organizations of the country, as well as heads and representatives of national media, attended the conference.
At the beginning of the conference, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov read out the congratulatory message of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed to the diplomatic workers of the country. It says that Turkmen diplomats follow the principles of neutrality, make a significant contribution to the comprehensive development of political, economic and humanitarian cooperation of Turkmenistan in the international arena.
During the event, the UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan Narine Sahakyan, US Ambassador to Turkmenistan Matthew Steven Klimov, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Turkmenistan Qian Naicheng and Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Turkmenistan Golamabbas Arbabhales spoke at the event. There were also speeches by the Director of the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan Y. Nuryev and the Rector of the International University for the Humanities and Development E. Aydogdyev.
The speakers especially noted the importance of the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan on the formation of a new philosophy of modern international relations “Dialogue is a guarantee of peace”. In this context, the words of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, voiced at an extraordinary meeting of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan, were cited, which states that our country will actively implement a new philosophy of international relations based on clearly calibrated political criteria, positive pragmatism, generally recognized and understandable to all human values.
Then, an Address to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on behalf of the conference participants was adopted, in which gratitude was expressed for the special attention paid by the head of state to the issues of the country’s diplomatic service.
At the end of the conference, special ceremony of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was held for young diplomats and graduate students of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Then a festive concert, prepared by students of the country’s universities in honor of the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan was held.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs discussed issues of Turkmen-Russian interaction