A round-table titled "Turkmen-Saudi relations" was held
Under the leadership of our esteemed President, Turkmenistan is increasingly developing conscientious cooperation with many countries of the world, pursuing a peaceful foreign policy for the sake of world peace in the international arena.
The friendly relationship between Turkmenistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that have been formed for centuries, the commonality of spiritual and cultural principles serve to further approchement of development of the two countries at the present stage, further promotion of friendly relations in many areas. The high level of Turkmen-Saudi relations is clearly evidenced by the fact that our esteemed President of Serdar Berdimuhamedov, after presidential elections, made his first foreign visit to the sacred place in the Islamic world — the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nowadays bilateral and multilateral relations, primarily within the framework of large international organizations and regional structures, are acquiring a new form.
As you know, on May 1 —3, 2016, our Hero Arkadag made an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the visit, our Hero Arkadag pilgrimaged Mecca and Medina — two sacred cities for all Muslim world. It is especially proudly that during this visit, a Cooperation Program was signed between the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Institute for Diplomatic Studies named after Prince Saud Al-Faisal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
As a part of this cooperation, higher education Institutions regularly held round table conferences on Turkmen-Saudi relations. By the way, on December 19, 2022, a round table conference was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. It was attended by representatives of our Institute, as well as the Institute for Diplomatic Studies named after Prince Saud Al-Faisal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Before the beginning of the conference, foreign guests got introduced with the educational buildings of the national school of Turkmen diplomacy and got acquainted with the wide opportunities created for students, who receive higher education at the Institute, as well as the educational studio operating at the Institute, the editorial office of the newspaper, and also with the specially prepared place for the intellectual competition "Young Messengers of Peace”.
Participants especially noted the current state of the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian areas of bilateral relations, as well as the possibilities for their development during the meeting.
Then the delegation of Saudi Arabia took part in the official opening ceremony of the new complex of buildings of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Turkmenistan.
Tomorrow, on December 20, a delegation of the Institute for Diplomatic Studies named after Prince Saud Al-Faisal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will visit the museums in Ashgabat city.
Ajayip NOBATOVA,
the 2nd year student
of the Faculty of International Journalism
of the Institute of International Relations
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
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