Today, on the 6th of April, a meeting was held in Ashgabat between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Afghan delegation headed by the Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Qasim Halimi who has arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit. During the talks, the parties confirmed the high level of interstate relations, where the humanitarian cooperation holds a special place.  Minister Mohammad Qasim Halimi un...

At the session of the Foreign Ministers’ Council of the CIS held on 2 April 2021 in Moscow, the participants discussed a wide range of issues related to the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian cooperation. One of the main topics of discussion was the partnership on healthcare. Speaking at the session, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov voiced the standpoint of Turkmenistan on strengthening the efficiency of the mechanisms created within the CI...

On April 1, 2021, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov and the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan S.G.Berdimuhamedov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov.  During the talks, the parties thoroughly discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation in political-diplomatic field, as well as in trade-economic and cultural-humani...

On 31 March 2021, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov attended informal Summit of Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (Turkic Council) as the Guest of Honor. This online event was organized at the initiative of the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in the city of Turkestan of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Heads of Member-States and the Secretary General of the Turkic Council, as well as the Prime Minister of Hungary as an observer state in the...

On the 30th of March, 2021, the regular high-level meeting of the Council of Trade and Investments Framework Agreement (TIFA) between the Government of the USA and the Governments of Central Asian countries had been held. The meeting was attended by Turkmen delegation with the Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Ties at the head, as well as the delegations of the USA, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In addition, the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan...

During today’s meeting of the Inter-departmental Commission on the Implementation of International Obligations of Turkmenistan in the area of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, a wide range of issues related to further implementation of the humanitarian policy of the country was discussed. During the discussion of the draft of the National Action Plan in the area of Human Rights in Turkmenistan for 2021-2025, the UN representatives highly appraised the level of cooperation with...

The diplomatic representatives of Turkmenistan abroad have organized special events in honor of the Novruz holiday of international scope. In fact, in February 2010, the UN General Assembly has recognized the 21st of March as the International Day of Novruz. It is worthwhile to note that this holiday was also entered in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humankind. The Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Azerbaijan took part in the event dedicated to...