On January 17, 2024, in the Turkmen Foreign ministry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with the Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas. During the meeting, the parties discussed key aspects of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EU and prospects for its further development. In this respect, special attention was paid to the areas of security, digitalization, water management, transport and education. A separate topic o...

On January 16, 2024, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova held a meeting with the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Kakha Imnadze. During the meeting, M.Byashimova congratulated K.Imnadze on his appointment to a responsible position and emphasized the importance of the activities of the UN regional center for the entire region in matters of strengthen...

On January 15, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a consultative meeting to discuss the draft of “National Program for Improving the System of Social Services in Turkmenistan for 2024-2028.” The event was attended by heads and representatives of ministries and state agencies, public organizations of our country, as well as heads and representatives of UN agencies working in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, participants discussed issues related to the development of a...

Turkmenistan, which has an internationally recognized status of permanent neutrality, implements its foreign policy in strict accordance with the norms of international law. In this regard, based on the Charter of the United Nations, one of the main principles of which is the respect of the territorial integrity of states, Turkmenistan declares its firm support for the principle of "One China" and reaffirms that the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate governmen...

The national position statement on climate change and environmental security, made by the President of Turkmenistan during the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai on December 1-2, 2023, was published and distributed in the six official languages of the UN as an official document of the 78th session of the General Assembly. The full text of the document can be found at the following link https://un...

On January 6, 2024, at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a presentation ceremony of the first book of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov “Youth is the support of the Motherland” (“Ýaşlar – Watanyň daýanjy”) took place. The event was attended by representatives of the Foreign Ministry, the Institute of State, Law and Democracy, public organizations, faculty and students of the institute. The Minister of Foreign Affairs...

On January 4, 2024, the working visit of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the United Arab Emirates began. At the Abu Dhabi International Airport, the National Leader of the Turkmen people was met by the UAE Minister of Energy Suhail Al Mazroui and other officials.   As part of the working visit of the Chairman, Halk Maslahaty held a meeting with the representative of the UAE President for Affairs with...