Ashgabat held a regular meeting of the Friends of Neutrality Group
On the eve of the International Day of Neutrality in Ashgabat, a meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality in the Name of Peace, Security and Sustainable Development was held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in a hybrid format.
Turkmenistan initiated the creation of this Group of Friends to facilitate regular dialogue at the international level, in particular within the framework of the United Nations, on the practical use of the peacekeeping potential of countries building their policies on the principles of neutrality. Today, 25 countries have joined this Group.
At the first ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality for Peace, Security and Sustainable Development, held in Ashgabat last December, institutional steps were considered to determine the format and working methods of this multilateral dialogue as a tool for strengthening global peace and security.
The final Declaration adopted at this meeting of the Group was published in the six working languages of the United Nations as an official document of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly under agenda item 58 "Peace-building and peacekeeping".
Issues of expanding the membership of the Friends of Neutrality Group were put on the agenda of the current meeting, Turkmenistan's initiative on a Global Security Strategy based on the principles of the UN Charter and generally recognized norms of international law, taking into account current realities and trends in world development, was discussed, and an exchange of views took place on the possibility of creating an Institute of Neutrality and Security in Ashgabat, according to the website of the country's Foreign Ministry.
Ambassador Aksoltan Atayeva, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations, stressed that the traditional meetings of the Group of Friends are a vivid demonstration of the relevance of this format, its practical significance at the current, in many ways crucial, stage in the development of international relations.
It was also noted that this year, declared by the UN General Assembly the International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace, clearly showed the kinetic energy of the multilateral Neutrality Group, which is closely involved in the implementation of the international campaign to strengthen peace and confidence within the framework of this year's Roadmap.
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