President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking on October 24 at the BRICS Plus/Outreach summit in Kazan, focused on Turkmenistan's initiatives in the field of economy, energy and sustainable transport. The speech of the head of Turkmenistan is published by TDH on its website.

«Turkmenistan proposes a number of measures aimed at normalizing and improving the international situation and moving to constructive parameters of interaction. In this regard, our country put forward a number of proposals to the UN… I would like to draw your attention to Turkmenistan's initiatives in the field of economy, energy and sustainable transport», Serdar Berdimuhamedov said.

«In particular, we are talking about the development of a Global Framework Program for the Transition to a Circular Economy. Other initiatives include the creation of a Global Atlas of Sustainable Transport Connectivity and the Alliance for Global Energy Security and Sustainable Development», the President of Turkmenistan continued.

 «In general, speaking about the current global geoeconomic trends, Turkmenistan highlights one of their defining problems – the increasing importance of developing countries. They are largely called upon to give new energy to the established, but already requiring constructive revision, old schemes of the world order, to bring new meanings and purposes to them», Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted.

«The key component here should be the alignment of the levels of scientific and technological development of states, digitalization and innovative standards; the unconditional priority of environmental criteria in the economy, trade, transport, industry, extraction and processing of raw materials, and a number of other areas. We intend to consistently achieve these goals», the President said.

«In matters of environmental interaction, Turkmenistan gives priority to the protection and preservation of the natural landscape in Central Asia, marine resources and biodiversity in the Caspian Sea, the rational use of water and water-energy resources of these regions based on the interests of partners and generally recognized norms of international law», Serdar Berdimuhamedov continued.

 The head of state noted that «in recent years, Turkmenistan has established good cooperation in these matters with the UN, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and a number of specialized institutions, which has led to significant positive results at the national level. We are ready to share our accumulated experience and practical developments with other countries.» 

«We are ready to establish such cooperation with partners, to participate in the development of relevant plans for joint activities», the President of Turkmenistan said.