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...

Today, on February 27, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with the diplomatic corps of the country abroad. A comprehensive discussion of the issues of holding at a high organizational level the upcoming elections of the President of Turkmenistan, which will be held on March 12, 2022, became the main topic of the current meeting, which was held in the format of videoconferencing. As it was said, at present, in the course of active preparation for t...

On February 23, 2022, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey, together with Çalik Holding and Inonu University, organized a presentation ceremony for the book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov «Ashgabat - The White City» in Turkish and an exhibition in which books of the President of Turkmenistan, photographs, representing our country and national cultural values. The ceremony was attended by the governor of the Turkish province of Malatya Aydin Barush,...

On February 24, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had an online meeting with the Director of the Electoral Assistance Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat Craig Jenness. During the talk in the videoconferencing format, the parties gave a high rating to the strategic partnership of Turkmenistan with the UN and its specialized agencies. In this context, the sides exchanged views on important intern...

On February 24, 2022, the "Structural Dialogue" between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom began in the format of videoconferencing. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev headed the Turkmen delegation, the British delegation was headed by the Director of the Department of Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Justin McKenzie. The diplomats exchanged views on a wide range of issues o...