PM Shehbaz leaves for Turkmenistan on two-day official visit

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has departed for Ashgabat on a two-day official visit to Turkmenistan.

He is undertaking this visit at the invitation of Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow.

The prime minister will participate in the forum organised in Ashgabat to mark the International Year of Peace and Trust 2025.

The prime minister will participate in the forum organised in Ashgabat to mark the International Year of Peace and Trust 2025, the International Day of Neutrality, and the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s permanent neutrality.

During the forum, the prime minister will hold bilateral meetings with President Serdar Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan as well as with other world leaders attending the event.

United Nations had granted Turkmenistan the status of a neutral country in 1995. UN defines neutrality as “the legal status arising from the abstention of a state from all participation in a war between other states, the maintenance of an attitude of impartiality toward the belligerents, and the recognition by the belligerents of this abstention and impartiality”.

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Minister for Power Sardar Awais Khan Leghari, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, and Special Assistants Tariq Fatemi and Talha Barki are also accompanying the prime minister.