Turkmen approach to cooperation is based on depoliticization - head of Khalk Maslakhaty

The national leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced in Beijing the integration of the Turkmen strategy “Revival of the Great Silk Road” and the Chinese initiative “One Belt, One Road”.
Speaking at a high-level conference on interconnectedness within the framework of the Third International Forum “One Belt, One Road”, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that the recent realities - a pandemic, increasing instability, decreasing trust and predictability - have negatively affected global economic activity and led to problems in interconnectedness, have reduced the effectiveness of the implementation of plans and programs in the field of sustainable development, reports the TDH news agency.
To overcome these negative factors, it is necessary to unite the efforts of states and international institutions in establishing a creative and constructive agenda based on goodwill, responsibility and foresight. From this point of view, the Turkmen strategy “Revival of the Great Silk Road” meets Turkmenistan’s ideas about the future of the geo-economic landscape of Eurasia and is consistent in content with China’s strategy “One Belt, One Road”, where the main principles are equality, consideration and recognition of the interests of partners, and mutual benefit , respect for the diversity of cultural and spiritual values, emphasized the head of the Khalk Maslakhaty.
“Important elements of the Turkmen approach are the depoliticization of cooperation, moving away from the one-sidedness of energy and transport flows in favor of their diversification and accessibility for broad international participation,” Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said.
Relying on the rich historical experience of friendship and good neighborliness between the Turkmen and Chinese peoples, the presence of objective mutual interests, allows Turkmenistan and China to successfully build up their partnership in the context of the implementation of these two strategies, their compatibility and mutual complementarity.
Both countries are called upon to give a powerful stimulus to economic development in Eurasia, uniting the spaces from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans on modern criteria, forming interconnected production and technological cycles and industrial belts, helping to solve many social problems, improve the quality of life and well-being of peoples, Gurbanguly said Berdimuhamedov.

Source: Orient news