On December 8, 2021, Second Ministerial Conference of the “Italy – Central Asia” format was held in Tashkent. The event, which was held in a hybrid format, was attended by the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the countries of Central Asia, Italy, as well as the representatives of the European Union. The delegation of Turkmenistan was led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. During the Conference the heads of...

On December 8, 2021, an annual meeting of the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries of Central Asia, organized by the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) was held in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia Gherman,  Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre,  Deputy Special Representative of the U...

On December 7, 2021, an online meeting of Joint Steering and Coordinating Committee on implementation of a Framework Cooperation Programme between Turkmenistan and the UN in the sphere of Sustainable Development for 2021-2025 was held. The meeting was attended by the leaders and officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, representatives of corresponding ministries and agencies of the country, as well as the heads and representatives of the UN agencies working in Ashgabat....

On December 4, 2021, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Head of the Country Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Turkmenistan Egor Zaitsev. At the beginning of the meeting, the new appointed Head of the WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan presented copies of his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and expressed his readiness to make every effort to further strengthen cooperation between Turkmenista...

On December 4, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan Narine Saakyan. At the beginning of the meeting Rashid Meredov congratulated Narine Saakyan with the appointment to this responsible post of the UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan and wished her successes in the new assignment. In the course of the constructive talk the sides underlined the effectiveness of the int...

On December 4, 2021, there was held a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Head of the UNICEF Representative Office in Turkmenistan Mohammad Fayyazi. Within the framework of the meeting the Head of the UNICEF Representative Office in Turkmenistan presented to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the copies of his credential letters. During the conversation, having congratulated Mohammad Fayyazi with the appointment to the post of the...

On December 2-3, 2021, in Stockholm, Sweden, the 28th meeting of the Ministerial Council (COM) of the OSCE participating States was held under the chairmanship of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden A. Linde. Heads of foreign ministries, as well as Permanent Representatives of the OSCE region, including the delegation of Turkmenistan, as well as delegations from 10 partner countries took part in the meeting. The meeting discussed issues of security in the OS...