TURKMENISTAN'S PERMANENT NEUTRALITY ROLE ON THE REGIONAL SECURITY AND AFGHANISTAN PEACE PROCESS.

The actualization of the neutrality of Turkmenistan as an effective instrument of geopolitics is especially visible in the regional context, when Central Asia is rapidly drawn into the orbit of world processes. At the same time, it should be noted that the countries of the Central Asian region are becoming not just participants, but also active subjects in the formation of new formats of dialogue. It should be emphasized that the very concept of "Central Asia" has several dimensions, where are especially highlighted its historical, geographic, economic and political dimensions. Central Asia has historically always been associated with nomadic peoples inhabiting its vast expanses and the Great Silk Road, that acted as a place where converged peoples, cultures and ideas from different parts of the Eurasian continent - Europe, the Middle East, South and East Asia.

At the same time, Central Asia is known in the history of civilization as a space where large empires arose, which formed the political order and dynamics of the geopolitical map of the world in the Middle Ages. In the political dimension of the region, the starting point is the historical fact that in 1992 at the summit of Central Asian states, proposed to abandon the definition of "Central Asia and Kazakhstan" in favor of the concept of "Central Asia", covering all the five independent states of this region. The renaming of the former under-soviet region was a political decision, which coincided with the concept of "Central Asia" adopted in the western political science. In the economical dimension Central Asia, a unique region of the planet, has a good prospect for the development rich natural resources, tourism and other kinds of business.

Also region is a strategic link on development of intercontinental transport and communications corridors. Turkmenistan actively participates in consolidating joint efforts aimed at constructively solving regional problems. As the President of Turkmenistan notes - One of the main priorities of Turkmenistan's policy in the Central Asian region is to ensure peace and security, good neighborliness and sustainable development. Turkmenistan pay special attention to Afghanistan, where is the key importance is attached to achieving peace. Under the auspices of the United Nations our country continues to act in favor of stabilizing the situation in the country through a political settlement.

President of Turkmenistan call on the international community...