Dear Heads of State!
First of all, allow me to express my gratitude to the esteemed President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Sharipovich Rahmon, for his hospitality and the conditions created for our work.
In the current challenging trends in international politics, the Commonwealth of Independent States remains as a format of respectful and equal interaction. Its members maintain a structured dialogue on foreign policy, economic, trade, humanitarian, and other areas.
The mechanisms for intergovernmental and interdepartmental meetings have been established. Cultural cooperation is developing. The scope of CIS participation in other multilateral structures and associations is significantly expanding.
All of this demonstrates the significant potential of the Commonwealth as an effective partnership mechanism that serves the interests of our peoples.
Undoubtedly, one of the most important tasks of our work has been and remains maintaining a sustainable system of security and stability within the CIS. Turkmenistan believes that without exception all participating states are interested in good-neighborliness, harmony, and mutual understanding as the defining characteristics of relations between our countries.
In this regard, it is important to emphasize the importance of regularly held political and diplomatic consultations within the CIS, which provide for useful exchange of views. Such meetings help to better understand the standpoints, evaluations, and concerns of partners, and often lead to mutually agreed decisions. Turkmenistan supports the development of such consultations and their expansion, primarily taking into account the current serious challenges.
In this context, we consider upholding the international law and the Charter of the United Nations as one of the key foreign policy objectives of the CIS. The need to protect and strengthen international law was clearly stated by Turkmenistan at the current session of the UN General Assembly.
We also believe that it is necessary to make maximum use of the opportunities coming from the adoption of the General Assembly Resolution “Cooperation between the UN and the CIS” on August 6, 2025.
We propose instructing our Ministries of Foreign Affairs to begin coordinated and proactive work within the UN on this agenda, develop a consultation mechanism, and ensure the participation of the largest possible number of UN member states.
We consider the economy to be a priority field for the involvement of efforts and potential within the CIS.
In the current geoeconomic realities, strengthening the CIS’s economic and industrial strength, as well as transforming it into a strong and profitable partner for other countries and associations is a key task. This will not only enable the dynamic development of economic ties within the Commonwealth, but also ensure the CIS’s strong position in Eurasia, enable long-term planning and participation in major continental, regional, and international projects. It will also contribute to the establishment of modern transport and energy infrastructure, industrial and technological partnership lines.
The primary focus here is the CIS Economic Development Strategy to 2030. Turkmenistan is assured that it should be fully implemented, supported and encouraged by the ongoing support of our countries’ political leadership, and considered a strategic objective for joint development and cooperation.
We place particular emphasis on the transport component. Today, viable transport and logistics routes are being established along the North-South and East-West lines. Their configuration encompasses virtually the whole CIS. This provides excellent opportunities for our countries to become key links in transcontinental transport, leveraging not only their objective geographic advantages but also their competencies, experience, production, technological, and service capabilities to participate in these projects based on modern principles and criteria.
In this regard, Turkmenistan attaches special importance of Central Asia and the Caspian region as key logistics hubs and a linking space in Eurasia. I am convinced that its effective use meets the economic, trade, investment, and logistics interests and needs of all CIS countries.
It is not a coincidence that the Caspian Sea issues were actively discussed at the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries held in Turkmenistan this August. It was emphasized that the transit and logistics potential of the Caspian Sea is acquiring a global dimension. It is indeed through the Caspian region that the main routes of the Eurasian transport will pass, both vertically and horizontally, from the Asia-Pacific region to Europe and the Middle East, from Russia to the South, to Iran, India, and the Gulf states. It is essential that Commonwealth countries fully participate in the development of a Caspian logistics hub, affirming and strengthening their positions in this project on a mutually beneficial and coordinated basis. As we have repeatedly stated, Turkmenistan is ready to contribute to this mission and thoroughly discuss with its partners the possibilities of engaging its port infrastructure on the Caspian Sea for the common benefit.
Our country also places emphasis on such a significant aspect of cooperation as mutual trade, the creation of industrial and technological chains, as well as the development of joint production projects with the participation of Commonwealth countries.
In the context of increasing competition in global markets and trends in economic protectionism, we as the CIS countries need to ensure reliable and long-term guarantees for the sustainability of our own development and establish strong and effective partnership models that leverage our objective advantages, both historical and structural.
Technological and innovative components are the most important factors in the economic dynamism and competitiveness of the CIS. We believe that today special emphasis must be placed on this field, to initiate real, substantive technological partnerships, and to establish a systematic exchange of knowledge and expertise. We assign a central place in this process to scientific and technical dialogue within the CIS. It is necessary to clearly direct and instruct the relevant bodies of the Commonwealth to actively promote the enhancement of the role of the CIS’s basic scientific, technical and technological institutions, and to encourage their participation in intergovernmental and interdepartmental contacts and decision-making.
Traditionally, the cultural and humanitarian sphere holds a special place in the cooperation between our countries. This not only promotes a better understanding and knowledge of each other, but also reiterates fundamental values, sound moral and ethical guidelines in our countries and in the public consciousness. The cultural heritage of the peoples of the Commonwealth is the intellectual and spiritual foundation of social, political, and social development.
Turkmenistan is firmly committed to the widest possible cooperation wit the CIS countries in the cultural, scientific, educational, and sports fields. We will maintain such ties.
Dear Heads of State!
As you know, this year Turkmenistan celebrates a historic event – the 30th anniversary of our country’s permanent neutrality. It is worthwhile to recall that the CIS countries were at the forefront of its international recognition and actively promoted this at the UN and other international organizations and forums.
Taking this opportunity, I would like to once again invite the heads of state of the Commonwealth to the anniversary celebrations, which will take place in Ashgabaton December 12 of this year, as well as to the International Forum on Peace and Trust. Your participation in these significant events will be an important contribution to their success and will be highly valued by the people of Turkmenistan.
In conclusion, I would like to express my gratitude to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Sharipovich Rahmon, for his country's successful chairmanship of the CIS this year.
I express my gratitude to CIS Secretary-General Sergei Nikolaevich Lebedev for his effective coordination of the work of the Commonwealth bodies and his noteworthy contribution to the current Summit.
