On August 8, 2025, a flag-lowering ceremony was held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone with the participation of members of the official delegations of Turkmenistan and the UN to mark the completion of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. The ceremonial flag-lowering marked the official end of important events held by the United Nations and of universal significance. This international Forum has become an effective platform for consolidating global support...

A special briefing on the results of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries was held on August 8, 2025, in which numerous domestic and foreign journalists took part. As previously reported, the international High-Level Forum, held from August 5 to 8 in the Avaza National Tourist Zone, was attended by heads of state and government, high-ranking officials from more than 100 countries, about 50 international organizations, as well as representatives of more than 20 leading co...

On August 8, 2025, the final plenary session of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries was held, which was attended by high-level officials of LLDCs, international organizations, as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society. The agenda included a review of the results of the forums, high-level roundtable meetings held within the framework of the international Conference, as well as consideration of the draft Avaza Political Declaration and...

On August 7, 2025, a high-level side event entitled “International Year of Peace and Trust: building momentum towards SDG 16 that promotes peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development” was held in the margins of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia. The main topic of its agenda was the promotion of id...

On August 7, 2025, a meeting was held at the Berkarar Hotel of the Avaza National Tourist Zone between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov and the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) Alenka Suhadolnik. During the meeting, the parties discussed key aspects of Turkmen-Slovenian relations in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres. The parties noted the positive nature of cooperation within i...

On August 7, 2025, within the framework of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, a meeting of women leaders was held, the theme of which was “From Commitments to Change: Women as Drivers of the Avaza Agenda for Landlocked Developing Countries”, organized by the UN Secretariat jointly with the Government of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by leaders and representatives of parliaments of landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), as well as authoritative international o...

On August 7, 2025, a meeting was held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Akhmet Gurbanov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines for Multilateral Affairs and International Economic Relations Charles Jose. During the talks, the parties discussed key issues of cooperation between the two countries in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, and cultural and humanitarian fields.     The diplomats n...