Ammon News - By Abdul Hamid Hamid Al-Kba- In a moment recorded in the annals of global diplomacy, His Excellency President Serdar Berdimuhamedow placed his signature on a presidential decree that carries more than just the organization of an event; it is an explicit declaration that Turkmenistan, after thirty years of permanent neutrality, is no longer merely a neutral state, but has become an indispensable global platform for peace in an era of geopolitical turmoil.

On the 12th of December this year, Ashgabat will transform into the capital of global preventive diplomacy when the high-level international forum "Peace and Trust: Foundations of Global Stability" convenes, in the largest diplomatic gathering the country has witnessed since the declaration of neutrality in 1995.

The presidential decree did not come as a routine celebration, but as a confirmation that the policy of "positive neutrality" pursued by Turkmenistan is not isolation, but a rare strategic choice that has succeeded in transforming a Central Asian state into a bridge of trust between East and West.

The forum, which the Turkmen Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been tasked with organizing at the highest level, will bring together heads of states and governments and senior leaders of international and regional organizations in an event considered the most prominent in Central Asia during 2025. It comes at a time of profound symbolism: the thirtieth anniversary of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 50/80, which recognized Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality on December 12, 1995, and it is the only resolution of its kind in modern history that has been renewed twice subsequently (2005 and 2015).

The forum is expected to witness an unprecedented international attendance in the history of Turkmen events. What distinguishes it is not only its size, but its exceptional geographic and political diversity: leaders of Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian countries, high-level officials from the European Union where a strong desire to participate has been expressed, while the United States will be represented through a prominent diplomatic delegation.

The picture is completed with active participation from the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Economic Cooperation Organization. In a time when global tensions are escalating, this forum comes to affirm Turkmenistan's steadfast message: neutrality is not absence from conflicts, but an active presence in building peace. It is a new model for preventive diplomacy that proves a neutral state can be a force of attraction, not a force of isolation. And perhaps the most beautiful aspect of this event is that it crowns successful Turkmen diplomatic efforts: in 2017, the United Nations designated December 12 as the International Day of Neutrality, and in June 2024, the General Assembly unanimously declared 2025 as the International Year of Peace and Trust at the initiative of Ashgabat.

At a time when the Security Council appears unable to resolve major crises, Ashgabat emerges as an alternative model for multilateral diplomacy. And here is the forum forming the practical pinnacle of these initiatives.

Ashgabat, the white city built of marble, is today not just a geographic capital, but has become a pulsating heart for a revolutionary idea in a world drowning in polarization: that neutrality is not weakness, but a rare strength capable of gathering opposites around one table. On December 12, 2025, Turkmenistan will prove that a state that has chosen neutrality as its path can shake the world's conscience, gather its leaders around one table, and teach history that peace may sometimes emerge from a land that has not waged war for thirty years, not from the capitals of major conflicts.

This forum is not a fleeting celebration, but a declaration of the birth of a new model for international relations: a model that places positive neutrality at the forefront of solutions to the crises of the twenty-first century. When the doors of the hall in Ashgabat close on December 12, the world will not emerge as it entered; it will emerge with greater faith that peace is not built by force alone, but by trust that is born only in a truly neutral land. Here, in the heart of Asia, a new page in human history is being written, a page with a single title: When the world chooses neutrality, peace triumphs.