Opening Press Conference of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3).
Opening press conference by United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) in Awaza, Turkmenistan from 5-8 August 2025. Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, It is always a pleasure to be in Turkmenistan. And I thank President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the people of Turkmenistan for their warm welcome. Your hosting of this important global gathering is a testament to the country's commitment to international cooperation and sustainable development. For the elements of the press of Turkmenistan, I have to say, as I mentioned this morning, that I've been coming to Turkmenistan for almost two decades. And in my visits to Turkmenistan, when I was High Commissioner for Refugees, I was extremely impressed by the fact that Turkmenistan has solved one of the most difficult problems that we have today in the world: the problem of statelessness, especially when an Empire or a Federation, or at the time also the Sov...