To the diplomatic workers of independent, permanently Neutral Turkmenistan

Distinguished workers of the diplomatic service of Turkmenistan!

I sincerely congratulate you on the Day of Diplomatic Workers of Turkmenistan, which is widely celebrated annually in our Motherland. In the year declared as "The Fount of the Mind of Magtymguly Pyragy" (as per the current context), new high frontiers have been identified to further enhance the international prestige of our state. I firmly believe that you will make a worthy contribution to the comprehensive development of cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian directions in regional and international relations.

Distinguished diplomats!

From the very first steps of its Independence, Turkmenistan chose fundamental principles such as Neutrality, equality, and good neighborliness in international relations and foreign policy. Over the past years, our state's foreign policy has proven in practice that it fully aligns with the national interests of Turkmenistan and the foundational goals of the United Nations. A clear example of this is the threefold recognition of Turkmenistan's permanent Neutrality by the relevant Resolutions of the UN General Assembly. The opening of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in Ashgabat and its effective work with the Government of Turkmenistan also widely reveal the special significance of the peacemaking power of Neutrality.

The adoption of a large package of important Resolutions in the field of peace, security, and sustainable development by the UN General Assembly based on our country's international proposals and global initiatives shows that our state's strategic partnership with this prestigious organization has an effective content. The declaration of 2025 as the "International Year of Peace and Trust" by the UN General Assembly also fully confirms this truth. The results of the high-level international forum dedicated to International Neutrality Day have further increased Turkmenistan's prestige in the world community and once again spread our state's peace-loving doctrine across the globe.

In the Era of Revival of the New Epoch of the Powerful State, strictly and unwaveringly following international obligations and the principles of international law, we realize the geopolitical and geo-economic potential of our country for the sake of a peaceful life, creative development, and mutually beneficial cooperation. The initiative to declare 2028 as the "Year of International Law" improves not only the legal foundation of world peace but also its spiritual basis. These humanitarian initiatives, by celebrating the principles of mutual respect and justice in international relations, open a new historical page of global stability.

Along with the successful implementation of the strategic directions of our state's foreign policy, necessary conditions are currently being created for the implementation of major international projects in significant areas such as energy, transport and communications, ecology, high-tech "green" economy, and the cultural-humanitarian sphere. The foreign policy and diplomacy of our permanently Neutral state, based on the principles of peace and trust, are aimed at creating significant opportunities necessary in the international space to implement our long-term national programs. In this regard, a high demand is placed on our country's diplomatic service in launching effective mechanisms of political-diplomatic, international legal, and trade-economic consultations at the interstate and intergovernmental levels.

Today, Turkmenistan, eyeing high frontiers of development, is confidently moving forward towards a bright future. The foreign policy and diplomacy of our independent, permanently Neutral state, based on the humanitarian principles of our ancestors, create the necessary conditions in the international arena for the implementation of our national programs. Guided by the "National Program for Socio-Economic Development of Turkmenistan in 2022–2052," workers of the country's diplomatic service actively participate in expanding the scope of our exemplary policy, which calls for the improvement of international relations through ensuring peace and security in foreign policy, and in further raising Turkmenistan's prestige in the world space. I firmly believe that the workers of our state's diplomatic service will fulfill the important tasks set before them at a high level in comprehensively protecting our country's national interests and increasing its high prestige in the system of international relations.

Workers of the diplomatic service of Turkmenistan!

Once again, I sincerely congratulate you on your professional holiday. I wish you sound health, prosperity, and great success in your work carried out for the sake of further increasing our state's prestige at the global level.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.