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97 sentences in 53 speeches for Asia
Download CSVKazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Broader representation of Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the Council, as well as greater voice for developing countries and for middle powers, is a moral imperative.
- This year marks 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, 30 years since the CTBT opened for signature, and 20 years since the signing of the SIPRI-Palatins Treaty on nuclear weapon-free zone in Central Asia.
- The long-term stability of Afghanistan remains inseparable from the security and sustainable development of Central Asia.
- Kazakhstan is working with the United Nations to operationalize the United Nations Regional Center for the Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty City.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Due to disruptions in the supply of fertilizers, the risk of food crisis is mounting, with Africa and Asia being hit particularly hard.
- Japan has also launched the Partnership on Wide Energy Resources Resilience Asia, Power Asia, to strengthen energy and resource supply resilience in Asia and has been promoting cooperation in areas such as stockpiling capacity development, and credit provision.
- Through this initiative, we will work to further strengthen the collaboration between the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, and the Gulf countries to ensure a stable global energy supply.
- It is in Sendai that Japan will host the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in October next year.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- This commitment has also been demonstrated through successful hosting and steering of major global gatherings, including COP29, the 13th session of the World Urban Forum, results-oriented chairmanships of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of Turkic States, and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, and Azerbaijan's increasingly active engagement across other international platforms.
- Azerbaijan's full-fledged membership in the Consultative Meeting of Heads of State of Central Asia and the C6 format will enhance our contribution to cooperation and connectivity within the region and beyond.
- Azerbaijan has emerged as a key transport and logistics hub between Europe and Asia, contributing to major transregional connectivity initiatives, investing in modern transport infrastructure, and expanding cooperation with regional partners.
- Strategic infrastructure projects along the Middle Corridor, spearheaded by Azerbaijan, including the Baku International Sea Trade Port and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, are helping to create more resilient, diversified, and sustainable supply chains between Asia and Europe.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Asia, too, must be better represented for all its economic weight.
- Asia must be able to help shape global decisions and carry more responsibility for the outcomes.
- Our conviction is that together we should combine Asia's diversity for co-creation, bringing together the different strengths of our countries to promote shared prosperity.
- The same thinking should also extend beyond Asia.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- And of course, thanks to President Donald Trump's resolute and visionary leadership, that hundreds of millions of lives in South Asia was saved.
- Mr. President, we must therefore ensure that South Asia never reaches that precipice ever again.
- Excellencies, another foundation of stability in South Asia is now under strain.
- We are opening new pathways with China through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, as well as with the Gulf, Central Asia and beyond.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- Despite conflicts in several parts of the world, including in West Asia, and climate calamities, including the cyclone that struck Sri Lanka, my country has restored macroeconomic stability following the economic crisis of 2022.
- Mr. President, in addition to the consequences of natural calamity, Sri Lanka, like many other countries, is experiencing the severe impact of conflicts in West Asia and elsewhere.
- As an island nation situated at the crossroads of the Indian Ocean, and as a country with a large number of migrant workers in West Asia, these developments have direct security, economic and social implications for us.
- Sri Lanka remains deeply concerned by the conflicts in West Asia and by the heavy cost being borne far beyond the region.
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- For the first time since the early '90s, Armenia will get railway connection with Azerbaijan and thus also with Russia, Central Asia and China.
- Together with the TRIP project, this could become one of the most important events in the field of international logistics in recent decades, because thus a new railway connection will be opened between China, Central Asia, Turkey, and the European Union.
- And in this regard, I would like to highlight the countries of Central Asia with which Our relations are also highly dynamic.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- We are in favor of broadening the representation of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
- In the middle of the previous century, the USSR helped peoples in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to free themselves from colonial dependence.
- This applies first and foremost to NATO, which is trying to broaden its destructive influence far beyond its geographical realm, for instance, in Asia.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- We attach particular importance to supporting the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, headquartered in Ashgabat.
- We regard this milestone as a unique opportunity to take stock of the center's work and identify new avenues for its practical contribution to peace, stability, and cooperation in Central Asia.
- Our country also proposes the establishment, under the auspices of the United Nations, of transregional transport corridor linking South and Central Asia with Europe through the Caspian Sea, Middle Corridor.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- In South Asia, It is important that all disputes, including the Kashmir issue, be addressed through dialogue within the framework of the United Nations Charter and of relevant resolutions.
- Now, also through our Asia and EU initiative, we continue to strengthen our relations with our partners in the Asia Pacific region.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Instability being experienced in various regions of our continent is a direct consequence of that stance, as it can be seen in the conflicts currently unfolding in Europe, in the Middle East, in the Persian Gulf and in Africa, while tensions is mounting in the Asia-Pacific region.
- It is therefore becoming increasingly pressing and urgent to undertake a profound reform of the UN Security Council, in which Africa, Latin America and Asia should adequately be represented as permanent members with all the powers inherent therein.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- The Ulaanbaatar Dialogue has evolved into a unique platform for strengthening trust and confidence building across Northeast Asia, facilitating multilateral discussions among government delegates and scholars, not only on traditional security challenges such as political and disarmament matters, but also on a broad range of issues including energy, infrastructure connectivity, green development, and humanitarian cooperation.
- The United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted on the occasion of the 800 years of Mongolian statehood highly values and emphasizes the contribution of ******* to the history of humankind by recognizing the richness of nomadic civilization and its important contribution to promoting dialogue and interconnection among all forms of civilization and that nomadic civilization influenced, inter alia, societies across Asia and Europe, and in turn absorbed influences from both East and West in a true interchange of human values, the important role in the development of extensive trade networks and the creation of large administrative, cultural, religious, and commercial centers.
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- We will go beyond building a Korean Peninsula free from war and nuclear weapons to promoting stability and cooperation in Northeast Asia while actively contributing to global efforts to build a world free from war and conflict.
- I am confident that the dialogue for establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula can provide a valuable framework not only for normalizing relations among the parties concerned, but also for fostering shared growth through multilateral cooperation and promoting stability and cooperation in Northeast Asia.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- As an integral part of the South Caucasus and the Middle Corridor, Georgia is well-positioned to strengthen connectivity between Central Asia and Europe.
- Through a Black Sea submarine fiber optic connection and next generation data infrastructure, Georgia aims to strengthen secure, resilient, and diversified digital links between Europe and Asia.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Whether it's our support for our Pacific family, our partnerships in Southeast Asia, the elevation of our relationships with Japan, India, and the Republic of Korea, or the deepening of our partnerships with Europe and Canada, this is our approach.
- Our geography gives us a unique perspective as a Pacific nation inhabiting an entire continent and connected to Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Antarctica.
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Last year, at the initiative of Tajikistan, the General Assembly adopted the resolution on the role of artificial intelligence in creating new opportunities for sustainable development in Central Asia.
- Recent agreements with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have helped resolved longstanding border issue and opened a new chapter of cooperation in Central Asia.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Across West Asia, escalating conflict threatens some of the world's most important routes for energy and trade, including the Strait of Hormuz, and the Bab al-Mandab.
- A family in Southeast Asia has no part in these disputes, yet that family still pays the price when food, fuel, and cost of living rise.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Guinea · Mamadi Doumbouya · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 1 sentence
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 1 sentence