On 13 March 2023, the House of Lords of the UK Parliament hosted an event dedicated to the trade and economic relations of the United Kingdom with the countries of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, entitled "Building Bilateral Trade and Industrial Links". The event was attended by ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom, the UK Prime Minister's trade envoy to Turkmenistan Baroness Emma Nicholson, the UK Prime Minister's envoys to Lebanon and Ukraine, m...

On March 14, 2023, in the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held between representatives of ministries and state agencies of Turkmenistan and experts from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). During the meeting, issues of regional security, countering threats and challenges were discussed, taking into account the realities of the modern world, including the ways of a peaceful settlement of the Afghan issue. An exchange of views also took place on issues of regional coo...

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...

On March 2, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, during a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, took part in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in response to COVID-19. The high-level meeting was attended by heads of state and government, high-ranking representatives of various countries and major international organizations, including the UN, the Organization of Turkic States, the Economic Cooperation Organization, the International Organization for...

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 24, 2023, during the 60th plenary meeting of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, the draft resolution "The role of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia", submitted by Turkmenistan on behalf of the Central Asian countries under agenda item 58 "Peacebuilding and maintaining peace", was considered. Presenting the resolution, the Turkmen side stressed that the Center, established in Ashgabat in 2007, being the first UN structure of its kind with a...

On February 22, 2023, the second “Structural dialogue” began between the foreign policy departments of Turkmenistan and the UK. The Turkmen delegation at consultations was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, the British delegation was headed by the deputy head of the Department of Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the British Foreign Ministry, Justin McKenzie Smith. The parties exchanged views on issues such as bilateral relations and regional po...