On June 2, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador John MacGregor. Expressing gratitude for the kind wishes on his appointment to the position of the Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador John MacGregor confirmed his readiness to fully support the advancement of cooperation of the OSCE with Turkmenistan in the framework of three key dimensions of OSCE’s work.     The parties...

Today, on June 2, the online meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hadjiyev and Regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for Central Asia, the head of the representative offices of the IOM in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Zeynal Hajiyev. During the constructive talk the parties once again confirmed their interest in further expansion of cooperation on priority directions. The issues of strengtheni...

On May 29, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met with the Chairman of the Interstate Television and Radio Company “Mir” R.Batyrshin. During the meeting, the parties highly appraised the level of cooperation on information exchange and collaboration in the area of mass media. It was underlined that the President of Turkmenistan pays special attention to the development of information policy of the country.In this respect, the Interstate Television and Radio Compan...

On May 28, 2021, the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Turkmenistan Diego Ruiz Alonso was held in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects of collaboration of Turkmenistan with the European Union. Special emphasis at the talks was made on the Energy Charter Treaty modernization process. As known...

On the 25th of May 2021, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave a speech at the Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.  The event took place in a format of a videoconferencing and was chaired by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The event was attended by the heads of states and governments, ministers, heads of major international organizations, experts of academic circles and analytical centers, as well as the representa...

On May 20, 2021, the Delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE made a statement at the regular meeting of OSCE Permanent Council on the adoption of the National Action Plan for Human Rights in Turkmenistan for 2021-2025, which was approved by the resolution of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 16, 2021. The statement noted that the document is a logical continuation of the action plan implemented in 2016-2020, which was adopted for strengthening the state system, e...

On the 12th of May, 2021 in the conference hall of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan International Forum for Attracting Foreign Investments to the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan started its work in a hybrid format. The organizers of this largest event in the hydrocarbon market segment are the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, State Concerns “Turkmengas” and “Turkmennebit”, as well as “Turkmengeology” State Corporation. The sponsors of the Forum are “Turkm...