Con­fe­rence de­dicated to the upcoming mee­ting of the Halk Mas­la­ha­ty of Turk­me­nis­tan and the In­ter­na­tio­nal Year of In­ter­na­tio­nal Law held in Tash­kent

On Au­gust 28, 2026, the Em­bas­sy of Turk­me­nis­tan in the Re­pub­lic of Uz­be­kis­tan hos­ted a con­fe­rence de­dicated to the socio-po­li­tical sig­ni­ficance of the upcoming mee­ting of the Halk Mas­la­ha­ty of Turk­me­nis­tan, plan­ned for Sep­tem­ber 23, 2026, as well as to the Uni­ted Na­tions Ge­ne­ral As­semb­ly re­so­lu­ti­on en­tit­led “2028 – In­ter­na­tio­nal Year of Law,” adop­ted upon the ini­tia­tive of Turk­me­nis­tan.
The event was at­ten­ded by the mem­ber of the Le­gis­la­tive Cham­ber of the Oliy Maj­lis of the Re­pub­lic of Uz­be­kis­tan, Cha­ir­per­son of the Turk­men Na­tio­nal Cul­tu­ral Cent­re G. Avez­dur­diyeva, rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Turk­men di­as­po­ra, as well as fel­low citi­zens wor­king and stu­dying in Uz­be­kis­tan.
The spea­kers high­ligh­ted the sig­ni­ficant ro­le of the Halk Mas­la­ha­ty of Turk­me­nis­tan in the count­ry’s socio-po­li­tical li­fe, the con­so­li­da­ti­on of society, the con­si­de­ra­ti­on of is­su­es of na­tio­nal im­por­tance, and the iden­ti­fication of stra­te­gic prio­ri­ti­es for na­tio­nal develop­ment.
Par­ticular at­ten­ti­on was pa­id to the forthcoming mee­ting, which will ta­ke place on the eve of the 35th an­niver­sa­ry of Turk­me­nis­tan’s in­de­pen­dence. It was emp­ha­si­zed that this na­ti­on­wi­de fo­rum would provide an im­por­tant plat­form for revie­wing the achievements of the years of in­de­pen­dence, con­si­de­ring the key areas of the count­ry’s furt­her socio-econo­mic develop­ment, and de­fi­ning long-term ob­jectives ai­med at strengt­he­ning sovereign­ty, imp­roving the well-being of the pe­op­le, and en­su­ring the count­ry’s sus­tai­nab­le and prog­res­sive develop­ment.
The con­fe­rence al­so focused on the in­ter­na­tio­nal ini­tia­tive put for­ward by Pre­si­dent of Turk­me­nis­tan Ser­dar Ber­di­mu­ha­me­dov to decla­re the year 2028 as the In­ter­na­tio­nal Year of In­ter­na­tio­nal Law. It was no­ted that the re­levant re­so­lu­ti­on, adop­ted by the Uni­ted Na­tions Ge­ne­ral As­semb­ly and co-spon­so­red by 78 Mem­ber Sta­tes, de­monst­ra­tes the in­ter­na­tio­nal com­mu­ni­ty’s wi­de sup­port for Turk­me­nis­tan’s ef­forts to strengt­hen the ru­le of in­ter­na­tio­nal law and pro­mo­te a cul­tu­re of dia­lo­gue and trust in in­ters­ta­te re­la­tions.
The event conclu­ded with a cul­tu­ral prog­ram­me fea­tu­ring mu­sical com­po­si­tions per­for­med on the du­tar, a tra­di­tio­nal Turk­men mu­sical inst­ru­ment. The crafts­mans­hip of du­tar ma­king and the tra­di­tio­nal art of per­for­ming on the inst­ru­ment are inscri­bed on UNESCO’s Rep­re­sen­ta­tive List of the In­tan­gib­le Cul­tu­ral He­ri­ta­ge of Hu­ma­ni­ty.