The adoption of the Resolution “Zone of Peace, Trust and Cooperation of Central Asia” at the 25th plenary meeting of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly once again concentrated the minds of the world community in the region, where an independent culture of interstate relations has been built on comprehensive interaction and the commitment of the countries to the common goals of peace, security and sustainable development.

As reported on the website of the United Nations, the document was submitted by Turkmenistan on behalf of the Central Asian countries. The Resolution is co-authored by 37 states, including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, India, Iran, China, Russia and Türkiye. The Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Aksoltan Atayeva emphasised the importance of recognising the Central Asian countries as such a zone – an international legal phenomenon that is being formed by analogy with the universally recognised and currently functioning zones of peace in the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Latin America and the Caribbean. The establishment of the institutional and legal framework for multilateral cooperation, laid by the countries of the region, made it possible to create a zone of peace in Central Asia.