Today, on August 18, the Consul General of Turkmenistan in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif met with the head of the representative office of the “Taliban” movement in the province of Balkh. During the meeting held in a positive and constructive manner, a number of concrete issues were discussed in relation to the implementation of duties of the Turkmen consular organization in the northern provinces of Afghanistan. At the same time, it was noted that the relations between the peoples of two cou...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan informs that the staff members of the diplomatic service and other state agencies of the country carry out regular contacts with the representatives of the “Taliban” movement on the issues of protection of state borders, provision of customs, sanitary, phytosanitary and other types of supervision and control implemented during the transportation of freights through the borders. In this context, we note that the check-points on the Turkmen-Afghan...

Due to the present domestic situation in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan informs that the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Kabul, as well as the Consulates General in the cities of Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif are continuing to function in the regular mode.  At the same time, the external perimeter of the premises of the Embassy and Consulates General is being guarded by the representatives of the “Taliban” movement. The Turkmen diplomats fulfill their duties in full for...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan continues to attentively observe the development of the situation and events in Afghanistan. In this respect, the Turkmen side especially emphasizes that based on the principles of friendship and good neighborliness, as well as being guided by the historical, cultural and civilizational commonality of the peoples of two countries, Turkmenistan has always been and remains firmly interested in the domestic stability and security of Afghanistan, we...

35 transactions were registered at the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from the UAE and the Republic of Turkey purchased calcined and petroleum coke produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Businessmen from Russia, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan purchased dyed terry products, float sheet glass and cotton yarn to the total amount of more than 5.360 million US dollars. Businessmen from the UK, the UAE, Kazakhstan concluded transactions in dep...

On August 15, 2021, a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Turkmenistan Matthew Stephen Klimow was held. The parties discussed the current state of Turkmen-American cooperation in various spheres. At the same time, the effectiveness of close collaboration between the diplomatic services of two states was underlined.   The diplomats also exchanged views on current issues of regional and inter...

On August 12, 2021, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a telephone conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi. During the talk, the Ministers discussed the priority issues of bilateral agenda, as well as considered the schedule of upcoming events with the participation of high-ranking delegations of two countries. In this context, the parti...