On May 14, 2020, a working meeting was held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to discuss the impact of especially dangerous infectious diseases on the socio-economic situation in the region and Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Economics, Labor and Social Welfare, Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, as well as the State Statistics Committee and the Central Bank of Turkmenistan....

On May 14, 2020, an online scientific conference on the topic “Preventive Diplomacy: An Example of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and the UNRCCA” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. This event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, the Permanent Missi...

On May 14, 2020, the online presentation of the regional initiative of the International Organization for Migration entitled “New Horizons of Cooperation amid COVID-19 Pandemic” was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the MFA, State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, as well as the representatives of the IOM member states from Central Asia, Russia and Europe, IOM experts, and donor organizations took part in the event.  The presentation session was...

On the 13th of May, a telephone conversation was held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Co-chairman of the Russian side of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission for Economic Cooperation Alexei Overchuk. During the talk, the parties discussed the implementation of agreements attained in the result of the telephone conversation of the Presidents o...

On May 13, 2020, an online meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Lassina Zerbo took place. During the meeting, the parties discussed key areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the CTBTO. The constructive nature of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy activities, in particular on disarmament and non-proliferation issues, was emphasized. The...

On May 12, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Having warmly greeted each other, the heads of the two states noted with satisfaction the invariably friendly character of the Turkmen-Russian relations, built on the principles of mutual respect, constructiveness and strategic partnership. In the course of the conversation, Presidents Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Vladimir...

On May 12, 2020, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov attended a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was held in a video conference format. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth member states, as well as the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary S.N.Lebedev. During constructive negotiations, the parties discussed a number of impor...