Islamabad, October 29, 2025 – The Europe Today: The Gulf Observer and The Gulf Observer Research Forum and the Embassy of the Republic of Turkmenistan in Pakistan, organized a Round Table Conference at the National Language Promotion Department (NLPD), Islamabad, on 28th October, 2025 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Permanent Neutrality — a cornerstone of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy and a beacon of peace, dialogue, and cooperation in the modern world. Mr. Hammad Hassan delivered speech at the Round Table Conference held in Islamabad to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Neutrality in the Year of Peace and Trust 2025.
Speech by Mr. Hammad Hassan
Honorable Ambassador H.E Adatjan Molamov, distinguished guests and dear friends
Assalamualaikum
It is truly an honour to stand here today to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Neutrality of Turkmenistan — an occasion that reminds us how peace and trust are not just state policies, but deeply human values.
When Turkmenistan declared its permanent neutrality in 1995, it made a bold and hopeful promise to the world — to choose dialogue over conflict, and understanding over division. Thirty years later, that promise still shines as a guiding light in a world that often feels uncertain and divided.
As a journalist and a member of civil society, I’ve learned that the most powerful stories are not the ones filled with headlines or noise — they are the quiet ones about people trying to live with dignity, courage, and respect for one another. Neutrality, in many ways, is that same kind of story — a quiet strength, a commitment to peace even when the world around you is loud with conflict.
In my field, communication, we often say that every word builds a bridge or a wall. Neutrality teaches us to build bridges — to listen before we speak, to understand before we judge, and to seek common ground instead of conflict.
The Year of Peace and Trust 2025 reminds us that peace is not the job of governments alone. It begins with how we treat each other, how we communicate, and how we respond to differences. When the media promotes empathy instead of division, when civil society encourages dialogue instead of silence — that is when neutrality becomes a living principle, not just a policy.
Turkmenistan’s example shows us that neutrality is not weakness; it is wisdom. It is the strength to stay balanced in an unbalanced world, and to believe that cooperation is more powerful than confrontation.
Pakistan and Turkmenistan share this vision. We are neighbours, partners, and friends — connected not only by geography but by a shared belief that peace, trust, and respect can build a better region for all.
As we mark this historic anniversary, let us carry forward the lesson that neutrality begins in the human heart. Peace is not built in conference rooms alone — it is built in classrooms, in homes, in newsrooms, and in the everyday choices we make to listen, to care, and to understand.
Congratulations to the leadership and people of Turkmenistan on this remarkable milestone. May the next thirty years of neutrality continue to inspire the world toward peace, cooperation, and trust.
Thank you.
