A delegation from the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, led by President Carlos Manuel Vila Nova, arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. This was reported by the news website Turkmenportal.

The plane carrying the guests landed at Turkmenbashi International Airport, where the delegation was warmly welcomed in the spirit of Turkmen hospitality.

São Tomé and Príncipe is an island nation in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, located 300 km off the coast of Africa. The country's economy has traditionally been based on cocoa production, but is now actively developing due to investments in oil production.