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...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held bilateral negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi as part of the «C5+1» meeting. During the meeting, the head of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan noted that Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are fraternal countries, intensive contacts at the highest level between the two sides fully reflect the high level of bilateral relations. It was also noted that the state visit...

On February 28, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov participated in the regular meeting of the heads of foreign ministries of the countries of Central Asia and the United States in the «C5 + 1» format in Astana. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the US Secretary of State considered issues of practical cooperation in topical areas of regional development, including the economy, energy, transport, ec...

On February 28 of this year, a meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiyev was held with the head of the Department of Eurasia and the Western Balkans of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Juvel Fuhsakh, who arrived on a working visit to Ashgabat. During the negotiations, the issues of strengthening the Turkmen-Israeli relations were discussed, including the expansion of bilateral cooperation in the political-diplomatic, trade, economic and humanitarian s...