During his speech at the meeting of heads of delegations in the «SCO+» format within the framework of the regular Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmenistan fully shares the fundamental principles underlying the activities of the SCO - peace, mutual respect, equality, cooperation, and confirmed our country's readiness to work on their practical implementation. 

As was emphasized, Turkmenistan has been promoting the initiative of dialogue as a guarantee of peace in the international arena for a number of years, which is fully consistent with the theme of the current Summit. The National Leader of the Turkmen people noted that this is a good prerequisite for the beginning of substantive joint work in the UN and other authoritative multilateral structures.

«As is known, at the initiative of Turkmenistan, the United Nations declared 2025 the «International Year of Peace and Trust». This is recorded in the relevant resolution of the General Assembly, which provides political and legal grounds for the full-scale involvement of our states in the process of consultations and negotiations at the UN in order to develop common approaches and a consolidated position on the peace and peacekeeping agenda», –said the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan. 

In the same context, the National Leader of the Turkmen people proposed to discuss with the SCO the possibility of supporting Turkmenistan's initiative to form a Global Security Strategy, put forward by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in September last year at the plenary session of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.