Turkmenistan and OSCE intend to implement 40 projects in 2025

01.02.2025

A working plan for cooperation between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for 2025 was approved at a meeting of the Government of Turkmenistan on January 31. Deputy Prime Minister R. Meredov, making a report on the activities according to the Plan, noted that last year relevant activities were carried out to promote international initiatives and positions of Turkmenistan within the framework of the main structural units of the OSCE. It was also noted that on December 5-6, 2024, in the city of La Valletta (Republic of Malta), a regular meeting of the Council of OSCE member States, held annually at the ministerial level, was held to summarize the work done. During the meeting, Turkmenistan's initiatives in such areas as maintaining peace and security, ensuring environmental well-being and sustainable development in global and regional dimensions were outlined. At the same time, the need to use the potential of the policy of neutrality in international relations was emphasized. It was also proposed to jointly celebrate the year 2025 – the "International Year of Peace and Trust", proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on the initiative of Turkmenistan, and to include the principles of peace and trust as key items on the agenda. A plan of projects scheduled for implementation in 2025 has been prepared jointly with the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, relevant government agencies and public organizations of Turkmenistan. According to the document, it is planned to hold specific events in key areas of partnership between Turkmenistan and the OSCE, R. Meredov said. In total, 40 projects are planned to be implemented this year. In particular, in the political sphere, it is planned to implement projects designed to strengthen peace and security, develop preventive diplomacy, and ensure cybersecurity. Projects in economic and environmental areas are also planned for implementation. They are aimed at solving urgent problems related to the development of the economy and regional economic cooperation, improving energy efficiency, strengthening environmental safety and climate change. In addition, a number of humanitarian cooperation projects are planned. They provide for the implementation of relevant activities in the scientific and educational sphere, as well as in such areas as the protection of human rights and freedoms, improving the foundations of democratic institutions in the country, ensuring gender equality, addressing issues of statelessness, and developing the media. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, having approved the work Plan for cooperation between the Government of Turkmenistan and the OSCE for 2025, instructed the Deputy Prime Minister, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out proper work, TDH reports.