On July 13, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting of the State Organizing Committee for the preparations for the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, which will be held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone from August 4 to 8.
Berdimuhamedov emphasized that within the framework of the upcoming Conference, which will be organized by Turkmenistan jointly with the UN, it is planned to hold many political-diplomatic, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian events.
The participation of 32 heads of state, as well as interested UN member states, and the Secretary General of the Organization is expected.
The conference will include plenary sessions; five high-level thematic round tables; seven high-level forums, namely the Ministerial Meeting on South–South Cooperation, the Parliamentary Forum, the Private Sector Forum, the Civil Society Forum, the Youth Forum, the Women Leaders’ Meeting, and the Liaison Event; side events held by the participating countries of the Conference, international organizations and institutions, as well as the Turkmen side, including events on land transport and communications, the International Year of Peace and Trust, youth policy, sustainable energy, and the circular economy; thematic exhibitions; national days of the Central Asian states, as well as a gala concert of cultural figures and artists.
