During his speech at the 15th ECO Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also touched upon energy issues, highlighted the importance of expanding the transport and communication sphere. “Among the priority directions of the ECO, Turkmenistan sees the development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres,” the Head of state noted. He stressed that at present, these segments of the partnership objectively act as a defining trend in global economic growth. In thi...

On November 27, 2021 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Ashgabat to participate in which the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the ECO member-countries arrived to Turkmen capital. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov. At the beginning of the Meeting, the former ECO Chairman, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoglu made his inaugural remarks....

On November 26, 2021, a Meeting of Senior Officials of the countries-members of the Economic Cooperation Organization chaired by the Turkmen side was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of Turkmenistan at the Meeting was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Berdiniyaz Myatiyev. The agenda of the Meeting included the issues of the preparation to the 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM), Consideration o...

On November 24, 2021, in Tashkent city, with the participation of UN Under-Secretary-General, UNODC Executive Director Ghada Fathi Waly the signing and launching ceremony of the new UNODC Program on Drugs and Crime for Central Asia for 2022-2025 took place. The delegation of Turkmenistan in the multilateral dialogue was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev. As was emphasized during the speeches, the launch of this regional program will dynamically increase the capa...

As already reported, on October 24, 2021, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived to Turkmenistan on a state visit. On the first day of the visit the President of Kazakhstan visited Akhal-Teke horse complex of the President of Turkmenistan. Here the Heads of states watched a brood of elite Akhal-Teke horses. Then Presidents Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev watched the performances of the group of national equestrian games «Galkynysh». On...

On November 22, 2021, a regular meeting of the heads of foreign ministries of Central Asia and the European Union in the format “European Union - Central Asia” opened in Dushanbe. The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev took part in the meeting. The participants of the meeting discussed the state and prospects of relations between the European Union and Central Asian countries, the course of implementation of the European Union Strategy for Cen...

On November 18, 2021, during the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Turkmenistan was elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme for the period 2021-2025. The goal of the International Hydrological Programme is to contribute to the development and deepening of knowledge in the field of hydrology, development of modern methods and approaches of research in this field, the development of strategies and policies for sustainable...