President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived in the city of Tianjin to take part in the Summit of the Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). At the invitation of the leadership of the People’s Republic of China, the Head of State of Turkmenistan will join other leaders for the high-level meetings of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO, taking place on August 31–September 1 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center. The agenda of the summit pro...

Dear Chinese friends! First and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude to the leadership of the newspaper for the initiative to publish this article on the eve of the visit of the Turkmenistan delegation to the People’s Republic of China. I readily responded to this proposal. I believe that a direct address to the multimillion-strong readership of such a respected and authoritative publication will help them better understand the essence of relations between Turkmenistan and the Peopl...

Today, a high-level meeting between Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Uzbekistan began in the «Avaza» National Tourist Zone. The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for the Balkan velayat to participate in the high-level meeting held on the coast of the Caspian Sea. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev also a...

On August 20, 2025, the eleventh round of annual bilateral political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States of America was held in Washington. During the consultations, the Turkmen side was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, and the American side was headed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of State for South and Central Asian Affairs John Mark Pommersheim. At the meeting, the parties discussed the current state...

On August 20, 2025, in Washington DC., a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Secretary of State of the United States of America Marco Rubio, during which the current state and prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United States, as well as international issues of mutual interest were discussed. The parties paid special attention to political-diplomatic cooperation at the bilateral level a...

On August 8, 2025, the final plenary session of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries was held, which was attended by high-level officials of LLDCs, international organizations, as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society. The agenda included a review of the results of the forums, high-level roundtable meetings held within the framework of the international Conference, as well as consideration of the draft Avaza Political Declaration and...

On August 7, 2025, within the framework of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, a meeting of women leaders was held, the theme of which was “From Commitments to Change: Women as Drivers of the Avaza Agenda for Landlocked Developing Countries”, organized by the UN Secretariat jointly with the Government of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by leaders and representatives of parliaments of landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), as well as authoritative international o...