Today, on August 18, the Consul General of Turkmenistan in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif met with the head of the representative office of the “Taliban” movement in the province of Balkh. During the meeting held in a positive and constructive manner, a number of concrete issues were discussed in relation to the implementation of duties of the Turkmen consular organization in the northern provinces of Afghanistan. At the same time, it was noted that the relations between the peoples of two cou...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan informs that the staff members of the diplomatic service and other state agencies of the country carry out regular contacts with the representatives of the “Taliban” movement on the issues of protection of state borders, provision of customs, sanitary, phytosanitary and other types of supervision and control implemented during the transportation of freights through the borders. In this context, we note that the check-points on the Turkmen-Afghan...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan continues to attentively observe the development of the situation and events in Afghanistan. In this respect, the Turkmen side especially emphasizes that based on the principles of friendship and good neighborliness, as well as being guided by the historical, cultural and civilizational commonality of the peoples of two countries, Turkmenistan has always been and remains firmly interested in the domestic stability and security of Afghanistan, we...

On August 15, 2021, a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Turkmenistan Matthew Stephen Klimow was held. The parties discussed the current state of Turkmen-American cooperation in various spheres. At the same time, the effectiveness of close collaboration between the diplomatic services of two states was underlined.   The diplomats also exchanged views on current issues of regional and inter...

On August 12, 2021, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a telephone conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi. During the talk, the Ministers discussed the priority issues of bilateral agenda, as well as considered the schedule of upcoming events with the participation of high-ranking delegations of two countries. In this context, the parti...

At the present time, the Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev is in the city of Doha of the State of Qatar for participation in the international meeting on the advancement of peace talks between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the “Taliban” movement.   The participants of the meeting, among which the representatives of the United Nations, European Union, the Great Britain, Russia, Pakistan, China and Uzbekistan are emphasizing the...

The 10th Congress of the International Council for Central and Eastern European Studies (ICCEES) was held in an online format between 3 and 8 August, 2021, at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. As part of this event, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the United States, together with the “Durdy Bayramov Art Foundation”, organized a presentation on the creative work of the eminent Turkmen artist Durdy Bayramov, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's Independence. In particul...