On November 30, 2021, the 14th Cooperation Forum “Central Asia – Republic of Korea” on the level of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs was held in Dushanbe. The Forum was attended by the heads of foreign policy agencies of the countries of the Cooperation Forum “Central Asia – Republic of Korea”. The delegation of Turkmenistan was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov. Four special items were included in the agenda of the current Forum. They are the following: cooperation in...

On November 30, 2021, in the building of the Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan the international webinar under the title “Culture of Peace” was held dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Independence, the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan Neutrality and also to the proclamation of 2021 as “Turkmenistan – Homeland of Peace and Trust”. More than 40 representatives of the cultural sphere from 15 countries took part in the webinar. The event included speeches by Executive Secretary of the Nati...

At the 15th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization, held on November 28, 2021, the Heads of State and Government of the participating countries reflected their vision of the ECO's work and highlighted the unique geo-economic role of the ECO, which has a positive effect on regional cooperation. In his speech, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted the essence of interaction between the ECO Member States, united geographically, historically, as well as traditio...

During his speech at the 15th ECO Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also touched upon energy issues, highlighted the importance of expanding the transport and communication sphere. “Among the priority directions of the ECO, Turkmenistan sees the development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres,” the Head of state noted. He stressed that at present, these segments of the partnership objectively act as a defining trend in global economic growth. In thi...

Today, on November 28, on the Day of Formation of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the 15th Summit of the Leaders of the ECO Member States was held in Ashgabat under the chair of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. As is known, in 2021, Turkmenistan chairs the Economic Cooperation Organization. The chairmanship of our state was adopted on March 4 of this year at the 14th ECO leaders' Summit, which took place in Turkey online. The Heads of state and government o...

On November 27, 2021 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Ashgabat to participate in which the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the ECO member-countries arrived to Turkmen capital. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov. At the Meeting, the former ECO Chairman, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoglu made his inaugural remarks. Then the floor w...

On November 26, 2021, a Meeting of Senior Officials of the countries-members of the Economic Cooperation Organization chaired by the Turkmen side was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of Turkmenistan at the Meeting was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Berdiniyaz Myatiyev. The agenda of the Meeting included the issues of the preparation to the 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM), Consideration o...