During his speech at the Leaders’ Summit of the UN Conference on Biodiversity in Yerevan on October 16, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasized the importance of expanding cooperation with the UN and UNESCO in the field of biodiversity and natural heritage conservation. This was reported by the TDH news agency.

Turkmenistan intends to strengthen cooperation with relevant UN bodies in the field of scientific study of natural processes, conservation of water and marine ecosystems, as well as improvement of environmental monitoring.

Particular attention is being paid to cooperation with UNESCO on the protection of natural heritage and the development of scientific research. One example of such cooperation was the inclusion of Turkmenistan's natural areas in the transnational World Heritage property «Turanian Deserts of Temperate Zone».

Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted the need to use the scientific, expert and institutional potential of the UN system to achieve global goals for biodiversity conservation.