One of the most important problems of our age is to establish a healthy, just and mutually agreed and beneficial, functioning relationship between the countries whose level of social, economic and industrial developments are not equal. Countries or continents cannot be blamed for problems which have become apparent recently in all their aspects but which in fact have accumulated over the past decades or centuries.

Never before has the world witnessed such a high level of injustice and disequilibrium among the nations in terms of  sharing and benefiting from the wealth and resources of the world. Such danger, which shakes all the trust and stability of the whole world, has never been felt so clearly. Many hot conflicts and ethnic problems now ongoing arise from this inequality among nations in terms of social and economic interests. Bringing clashes between faiths and civilizations to the world agenda and defining them as “crusades” under present circumstances does nothing but distort the facts and add fuel to the flames. The real problem is not the conflict between the Eastern and Western ideas, worldviews or clashes between the different religions. On the contrary, it is the irreconcilability of the present forms of international economic relations, which have been concealed up until now, with the current social and political configuration of the world. This is one of the characteristics of the 21^st century.

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It is well-known by all that all events are interrelated and interdependent today. The line of development of events is as follows: citizen-state-region-continent-world-humanity. Thus, no matter its size and importance each nation and state with respect to its capacity should accept its responsibility to contribute to humanity within the context of this chain. This reflects Türkmenistan’s way of resolving issues in her domestic and foreign policies. Within this context, economic and political immorality and arbitrariness should never be given a chance. That some international organisations, states or financial centres provide financial assistance for a country should not mean by any means that the law of the sovereignty of that receiver state or its independence can be taken lightly. Real power is the respect for truth itself, which is a feature of our new century. Such a manner, policy and application has been the basic approach of Türkmenistan in the past and at present. This principle is in accord with the Türkmen nation’s ethical character and its political understanding, which forms the basis of the state’s neutrality.

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