Azerbaijan among 78 co-authors of Turkmenistan's International Year of Law initiative

Azerbaijan is among 78 countries that co-authored Turkmenistan's initiative to declare 2028 the International Year of Law, Report informs.

Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Gurbanmammet Elyasov said this at an event organized by the embassy in connection with the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the resolution "2028 - International Year of Law," put forward at Turkmenistan's initiative.

"The initiative of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to declare 2028 the International Year of Law is of particular relevance and strategic importance. Seventy-eight countries, including brotherly Azerbaijan, acted as co-authors of this initiative," the diplomat said.

According to him, the initiative is aimed at shaping an international agenda that will help strengthen trust in legal norms and mechanisms.

"I hope that, thanks to joint initiatives, international law will once again become the basis for ensuring peace, good-neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation in the world and in our region," Elyasov said.