On March 13, 2022, a briefing was held in the Garagum hotel, by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan G. Muradov, dedicated to the results of the early elections of the President of Turkmenistan. The Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan noted that the elections of the President of Turkmenistan were held with a high level of voter turnout. The elections were held on a broad alternative basis on the principles of democracy and openness: nine cand...

On March 13, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov received the Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Bagdat Amreyev, who arrived in the capital of Turkmenistan at the head of the mission of observers from the OTS to the presidential elections in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, it was noted that Turkmenistan considers the development of relations with the Organization of Turkic States in organic connection with the general direction of i...

Today, on March 10, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the Chairman of the Council of Elders of Organization of Turkic States Binali Yildirim, who arrived to the Turkmen capital on a visit. In the course of the constructive talk, the parties exchanged views on expansion and strengthening of multilateral interaction within the framework of the Organization. In this connection, the Turkmen side underlined that Turkmenistan as the country-observer t...

On March 3-4, 2022, Tashkent hosted a High-Level International Conference on “Regional Cooperation of the countries of Central Asia in the framework of the Joint Plan of Action for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”, which was timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Joint Action Plan (JAP). At the opening ceremony, an address was read on behalf of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and a video message from the UN Secretary-General António Gu...

On March 3, 2022, a solemn meeting dedicated to the 30th membership of Turkmenistan in the UN under the title "Turkmenistan and the United Nations: dialogue as a guarantee of peace and development" was held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The conference was attended by heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations working in Turkmenistan, employees of the diplomatic service of Turkmenistan and representatives of the...

On March 3, 2022, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Natalia Gherman. Warmly welcoming the head of the UNRCCA, the leader of the nation, first of all, thanked Natalia Gherman for her great personal contribution to the development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UN, active and fruitful interaction with the Government of Turkmeni...

On March 2, 2022, a seminar was held at the Garagum hotel of the capital for representatives of state institutions participating in elections and referendums in Turkmenistan. The training seminar was dedicated to improving the experience of national specialists in the preparation and conduct of elections and was organized with the assistance of the heads of the UN offices in Ashgabat. The Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Turkmenistan, Dmitry Shlapachenko, and the Permanent Repres...