On January 27, 2023, an official ceremony was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the announcement of 2023 as the “International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace”. The event was held in a hybrid format under the conduction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by representatives of the main bodies of the UN and its specialized agencies and UN member states, international a...

On January 24, 2023, in Tashkent, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov participated in the 26th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CMFA) of the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The event was attended by the heads of the foreign ministries of the Member States, heads of regional organizations, as well as specialized agencies, regional institutions and affiliated bodies of the ECO. The meeting participants discussed a wide r...

On January 21, 2023, a major political event of historical significance took place in the capital's Congress Center of Turkmenistan. With the participation of representatives of the public of Turkmenistan, a meeting of the National Council (Milli Gengesh) of the country, the bicameral parliament of Turkmenistan - a representative and legislative body of state power, was held. During the meeting, the participants discussed a variety of issues related to the socio-political, economic, cultural...

On January 19 of this year, a representative delegation of the Russian Federation headed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Turkmenistan on an official visit. On the same day, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin visited the Joint Turkmen-Russian Secondary School named after A.S. Pushkin. During his speech to the staff and students of the school, the guest noted that in recent years, relations between Turkmenistan and Russia h...

On January 17, 2023, the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to Turkmenistan Hamad bin Rashid bin Hamad Al-Azbi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The diplomats noted the importance of high-level visits and consistent holding of political consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries. Attention was also paid to cooperation between the two states within the framework o...

On January 16-17, 2023, the round of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic was held in the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev, and the French side was headed by Deputy Director of the Department of Continental Europe of the French Foreign Ministry Sylvain Guiaugue. Within the framework of...

On January 9, 2023, with the participation of the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, employees of the diplomatic service of Turkmenistan, representatives of the Central Council of the Magtymguly Youth Organization of Turkmenistan, the academic staff and students of the institute, was organized an event dedicated to the motto of 2023 “Happy Youth with Arkadag Serdar”, which determined the topic of the meeting, as well as the key trend in the development of Turkmenistan - rel...