PERMANENT NEUTRALITY AS THE BASIS OF FOREIGN POLICY OF TURKMENISTAN
The article considers the issue of permanent neutrality as the basis of Turkmenistan's foreign policy. On December 12, 1995, the UN General Assembly Resolution No.50/80 confirming the status of neutrality of Turkmenistan was adopted. On June 3, 2015, at the 69th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 193 States repeatedly adopted the resolution "Permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan". At present, Turkmenistan, as a neutral state, performs not only a stabilizing function in the region, but also a model of mutually beneficial cooperation and good-neighbourliness. As well known, the Charter of the United Nations, which entered into force in 1945, is largely a reaction to the conditions before and during the war. Its main objective, therefore, is the maintenance of peace and security. The old methods of using the system of complex alliances as a way of balancing power should have been abolished, but the concept of collective security was preserved and developed. Thus, neutrality is a relic of an era that preceded the system of collective security, when war did not need justification or resolution.