Turkmenistan, S. Korea tout neutrality, commonality

Turkmenistan and South Korea underscored shared values of neutrality, cultural affinity and expanding economic cooperation Wednesday, as diplomats and scholars marked the Central Asian nation’s 35th anniversary of independence. Turkmenistan was declared a permanently neutral state on Dec. 12, 1995, under UN General Assembly Resolution 50/80, making it the only country whose neutrality is formally recognized by the United Nations. The principle, defined under the 1907 Hague Convention, refers to

By The Korea Herald