On August 5, 2025, a welcoming ceremony for the participants-delegates of the Third UN Conference of Landlocked Developing Countries was held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone. The celebration was attended by the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, Chairman of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly Philemon Young, heads and members of delegations of the countries partic...

On August 4, 2025, in the Avaza National Tourist Zone, a meeting was held between President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, who arrived in Turkmenistan on a visit to participate in the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. Having warmly welcomed the distinguished guest to the Turkmen land, the head of state thanked the UN Secretary-General for accepting the invitation to the next UN Conference on LLDCs, which is being h...

On August 3, 2025, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, held on the Caspian coast. The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Taurkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, sincerely greeting the UN Secretary General, noted that he was glad to see him on the sacred Turkmen land. Having warmly welcomed the distinguished guest at the airport, the Chai...

On August 3, 2025, a flag-raising ceremony for Turkmenistan and the UN was held at the National Tourist Zone “Avaza” on the occasion of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. This ceremony serves as an expression of the importance of the upcoming global forum, which is held once every ten years and is dedicated to issues of comprehensive development of landlocked developing countries. The flag-raising ceremony was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Minis...

On July 18, 2025, a briefing on preparations for the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC 3) was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The briefing was attended by heads and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, as well as employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the briefing, it was noted that this large-scale event is intended to become an effective platform for promoting international coo...

On July 13, 2025, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting of the State Organizing Committee dedicated to the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, which will be held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone from August 4 to 8 this year. During the meeting, issues related to the high-level organization of the international forum and other events within its framework were considere...

In connection with the biased reports disseminated by Ukrainian media about Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan declares the following. The Turkmen side expresses its protest regarding the biased and untrue information that was broadcast on July 8 of this year on the Ukrainian TV channel "FREEДОМ" about the alleged "closedness" of Turkmenistan in the context of access to the Internet. It is extremely incomprehensible: what right do representatives of the above-men...