Within the framework of the XXV multidisciplinary international exhibition "White City Ashgabat," a high-level international round-table meeting was organized with the participation of United Nations representations, international experts, and foreign delegates. During this event, titled "Implementation in Practice through Global Dialogue: Sustainable, Inclusive, and 'Smart' Cities," the most advanced principles and leading practices of urban development in the modern world were discussed in detail. This was reported by the "Turkmenistan: Golden Age" electronic newspaper.
During the meeting, a productive exchange of views took place on raising international cooperation to a new level, implementing innovative urban projects, and supporting new models of sustainable development. As noted at the conference, modern urbanization trends at the global level directly impact not only the economic stability of individual countries but also entire regions, their investment attractiveness, and their adaptation to global environmental challenges. Under such rapid development conditions, modern cities are transforming into primary hubs for international technology exchange and the advancement of innovations. Currently, great importance is attached to "smart" city concepts worldwide, and particularly in the Central Asian region. In this regard, the significance of national approaches to creating an urban environment that is ecologically clean, comfortable, and equipped with the latest digital technologies for human life was specially emphasized.
The rich experience accumulated by Turkmenistan, which successfully implements world-class and large-scale projects in the field of urban construction during the years of independence, drew the attention of international experts. The exemplary construction of our capital Ashgabat, located at the beautiful foothills of the Kopetdag and renowned for its architectural appearance among ecologically clean cities, as well as the innovative "smart" city of Arkadag, which has no parallel in the region, stands as clear proof of the high milestones achieved by our country. The foreign guests who spoke gave a high evaluation to Turkmenistan's policy in this direction, which creates comfortable conditions for the general public in building sustainable and inclusive cities, and specially noted that this is a vivid result of the successful implementation of the initiatives of the Hero-Arkadag under the leadership of the honorable President.