On December 12, 2015 the Turkmen capital hosted the International Conference "The Policy of Neutrality: International Cooperation for Peace, Security and Development", which brought together heads of States and governments of various countries, representatives of the world's political elite, international and regional organizations.

On November 24, 2015 the 10th meeting of Senior Officials Dialogue “Central Asia + Japan” held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the delegations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Japan on the level of Deputy Foreign Ministers and senior diplomats.   Welcoming remarks were made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan as well as by heads of delegations from Central Asia and the representative of the Minist...

On November 23, 2015 the political consultations between Turkmenistan and Japan were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat. The delegation of the Japanese side was headed by the Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Toshihiro Aiki.During the consultations, the constructive dialogue took place including in the agenda a wide range of issues of bilateral and regional cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan.The parties noted a positi...

On November 23, 2015 President of Turkmenistan H.E. Mr.Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, within the official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran participated to the Summit of the member states of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). GECF – an international intergovernmental organization, created in 2008 and uniting the countries. Its members are 12 countries: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Equatorial Guinea. The 6 c...

On November 11, 2015 the International Conference “2015 –the Year of Neutrality and Peace” was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan at the hotel “Palace” in Tokyo. The official reception devoted to the Independence Day and the 20thanniversary of the neutrality of Turkmenistan was held on the same day at the evening.The international conference was attended by the representatives of ministries, departments and scientific institutions of Japan, representatives of diplomatic missions a...

On October 22-24, 2015, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe visited Turkmenistan on the first official visit. Main goal of the visit was to share common principles and approaches to a number of fundamental problems in modern international politics. First and foremost, this concerns the strengthening of stability and security in Central Asia, in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Turkmenistan and Japan pay much attention to the problems of disarmament, speaking for the observance of...

On September 14, 2015 in Vienna, member States of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution on approval of Turkmenistan to the member of the IAEA during the 59th session of the General conference of this Organization. The member States of the IAEA commended Turkmenistan's commitment to principles of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world, including in the region of Central Asia.