Slovenia hopes for Turkmenistan's support in UN Security Council elections

Slovenia has asked Turkmenistan to support it in the elections to the UN Security Council. This was reported today by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan after the meeting of the Permanent Representative of the country to the UN Aksoltan Ataeva with the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Samuel Zbogar.

"At the beginning of the conversation, Žbogar said that Slovenia has put forward its candidacy for the UN Security Council for the period 2024-2025 and asked for support for the elections to be held in June 2023," the report said.

In turn, Ataeva noted Turkmenistan's bilateral cooperation with the Republic of Slovenia in healthcare, telecommunications and transportation. She also spoke about her country's intention to submit a draft resolution to the 77th session of the UNGA to declare 2023 the International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace and expressed hope that this proposal would be supported by Slovenia.

Recall that the United Nations Security Council consists of 15 states, five of which - Russia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom and France - are permanent members of the Council and have the right of veto. Ten non-permanent members of the Council are elected for two-year terms. Five of them are replaced annually.