On March 7, 2023, negotiations were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Foreign Minister M.Byashimova and the IOM Sub-Regional Coordinator for Central Asia Zeynal Hajiyev. The parties noted with satisfaction the successful implementation of the “Plan of projects planned for implementation by the Government of Turkmenistan jointly with the Representative Office of the International Organization for Migration in Turkmenistan in 2022”. During the discuss...

On March 7, 2023, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chile to Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara) Rodrigo Enrique Arcos, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. In frames of the presentation of copies of credentials, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan expressed his readiness to provide the newly appointed amba...

On March 7, 2023, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with representatives of the Decent Work Technical Support Team and the ILO Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well as the headquarters of the International Labor Organization in Geneva. During the meeting, the parties considered topical issues of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the ILO. Attention was paid to the participation of Turkmenistan in conventions and treaties through t...

Today, on March 6, 2023, the 17th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Uzbek Commission on Trade-economic, Scientific-technical and Cultural Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The Turkmen part of the meeting was attended by the heads of ministries and departments of the country headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan B. Atdaev; the Uzbek delegation was headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Zh. Khodzhaev. During the meeting, t...

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, during his working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, took part in the Summit of the Contact Group of the Non-Aligned Movement to Combat COVID-19. Upon arrival at the Congress Centre, which became the venue for the Summit, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was warmly and cordially greeted by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. Then the head of the Turkmen state spoke at the plenary session of the Summit of the Contact Group of the Non...

On 1-2 March 2023, delegation of Turkmenistan, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev, has participated to the 137th session of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). The delegation of Turkmenistan was composed of representatives of the Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Internal Affairs, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan. During this session, the HRC considered the...

On 1 March 2023, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Japan, A.Bayramov, met with the Head of the UN-HABITAT Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, B.Dercon, in Fukuoka, Japan. The Turkmen diplomat said that under the leadership of the Esteemed President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov a new smart city Arkadag is planned to open in Turkmenistan in 2023. This project is a practical action of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted at the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainabl...