CCIT News

  From November 9 to 20, 2026, the 31^st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) is being held in the city of Antalya, the Republic of Turkey. This major international event, which attracts the attention of the global community, serves as an important platform for discussing issues related to climate change, ensuring environmental security, and determining future directions for sustainable development. It is also attended by the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
       Under the leadership of our esteemed President, large-scale work is being carried out in our country to protect the environment, use natural resources rationally, ensure ecological well-being, and develop international cooperation. The national initiatives put forward in this direction clearly demonstrate Turkmenistan's active contribution to solving global environmental problems.

Relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Turkey, based on historical roots, spiritual and cultural commonalities, and unshakable principles of friendship and brotherhood, are currently being enriched with new content. Interstate relations, relying on the principles of mutual respect, trust, and strategic partnership, are consistently developed in trade and economic, energy, transport, industrial, and other important spheres.

Within the framework of the COP31, Turkmenistan's national pavilion was prepared to a high standart of organization. Of particular significanse is the fact that Turkmenistan is participating in this major international forum with its own national pavilion for the first time. The preparation of the national pavilion and the implementation of its design and decoration works were carried out by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. The national pavilion serves as an important platform for presenting the country's environmental initiatives, economic potential, natural resources, and contribution to international cooperation to the global community.

The pavilion broadly showcases Turkmenistan's accumulated experience and capabilities in the careful use of natural resources, effective management of water resources, increasing energy efficiency, introducing innovative and environmentally friendly technologies, and reducing the load on the environment. This helps promote our country's activities in ensuring sustainable development at the international level.

The participation of the delegation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in the international event is also of great importance for expanding relations between our country's business circles with foreign partners, determining new areas of cooperation, and presenting the opportunities of Turkmen entrepreneurship on the global stage.

The business meetings, specialized exhibitions, and international conferences held during COP31 create broad opportunities for exchanging experience between representatives of states and the private sector, establishing new partnership relations, and implementing joint initiatives. In particular, the World Leaders Summit held on November 11–12 is aimed at uniting international efforts to combat climate change.

Turkmenistan's participation in this major international event, the introduction of our country's ecological initiatives and economic potential to the global community through the national pavilion, as well as the international activity of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, are a clear reflection of the work carried out to develop foreign economic relations, support ecological initiatives, and contribute to global sustainable development.

Press Service
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan.