Dear participants, First of all, I would like to extend my heartfelt welcome to all of you who are attending this event. I would like to note that today relations between Turkmenistan and Japan have reached a new stage. Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the further development of the traditional Turkmenistan-Japan partnership based on the principles of long-standing friendship, trust and mutual understanding. In this regard, it is noted that since 2016, Japanese language lear...

Teachers of the Oguz Khan University of Engineering and Technology of Turkmenistan are improving their professional competencies in Japan as participants of the programme ‘Improvement of Engineering Teaching Methodology’ of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). On the basis of the University of Tsukuba, Turkmen teachers carry out scientific research work under the guidance of leading professors of the Japanese university.  Representatives of the Oguz Khan University actively par...

On 8 November 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Takeshi Iwai. During the conversation, the parties discussed key issues of bilateral cooperation in political and diplomatic, trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres. A high level of interstate ties based on a trusting dialogue at the highest political level was noted. In this regard, the interlocutors noted the importance of joint...

On 1 November 2024, during the successive meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the Roadmap for 2025-2026 on Strengthening International Cooperation of Turkmenistan to Implement the Goals and Objectives stipulated by the Global Methane Pledge was adopted.  A Set of Measures was developed and approved for practical implementation of the Roadmap. During the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-26), held in...

The Outcome document of the International Forum «Interrelation of Times and Civilizations – Basis of Peace and Development» dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of Matgtymguly Fragi, held on 11 October 2024 in Ashgabat, has been published in the six official languages of the United Nations as an official document of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. The full text of the document is available at this link: https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/306/92/pdf/n2430692....

The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received a letter from the Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba, in which he expressed sincere gratitude for congratulations and kind words on the occasion of his appointment as Prime Minister. In his letter, Shigeru Ishiba noted that Japan and Turkmenistan have maintained a mutually beneficial partnership based on friendship and mutual trust for many years. The Prime Minister...

The Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, has sent a letter to the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, expressing his sincere gratitude for congratulations and kind words on the occasion of his appointment as Prime Minister. In his address, Shigeru Ishiba noted that Turkmenistan is an important strategic partner of Japan in building a free and open international order based on the rule of law. He emphasised that cooperation between the two countries is deepening in various fiel...