On April 24, 2023, the ninth round of annual bilateral political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States was held at the Department of State of the USA. During the talks, the Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, the American side – acting Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Horst. During the meeting, the parties noted that the annual bilateral consultations are a platform for discussing joint tasks and achievement...

On April 24 this year, the working visit of the Turkmen delegation to the United States of America ended. As previously reported, another round of Turkmen-American political consultations was held in Washington. In addition, negotiations were held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. During the visit, a meeting of the delegation of Turkmenistan with the head of the Turkmen-American Business Council, Eric Stewa...

Today, on April 24, 2023, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev and the Commander of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, General Michael Kurilla. During the meeting, the parties discussed topical issues of security and regional cooperation. A separate aspect of the talks was the exchange of views on the situation in the region and Afghanistan. Issues on the bilateral agenda were...

On April 20, 2023, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Japan A. Bayramov met with F. Adachi, Head of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Investment and Technology Development Office (UNIDO ITPO) in Japan. During the meeting, the main areas of prospective cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNIDO were discussed. The parties stressed that cooperation in the field of energy and technology should be activated as a priority. Head of the Centre, F.Adachi, said the United Nations In...

Today, on April 20, 2023, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with a delegation led by the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia Ambassador Terhi Hakala was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, a wide range of issues was discussed on the current bilateral agenda, as well as on the further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EU in bilateral and multilateral formats. The...

Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Japan Atadurdy Bayramov met with Australian Ambassador-designate to Japan Justin Hayhurst on April 19, 2023. The sides discussed potential areas of cooperation for the development of bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and Australia in the political and diplomatic, trade and economic, cultural, and humanitarian spheres. The sides also noted the fruitfulness of multilateral partnerships within international organizations, especially the United Nations.

On April 19, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova held talks with the Regional representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Central Asia Hans Friedrich Schodder. During the meeting, it was noted that Turkmenistan, being a party to most of the fundamental international legal documents of the UNHCR system on issues of refugees and stateless persons, in fact confirms its commitment to international obligations...