On May 23, 2025, a meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Serdar Muhammetdurdiyev and the delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by the head of the IMF mission to Turkmenistan, Anna Rose Bordon. During the meeting, the sides discussed the current state and prospects of Turkmenistan’s cooperation with the IMF, including in such areas as technical assistance, advisory support and staff training....

On May 21, 2025, in order to develop inter-parliamentary relations between Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of China, a working visit of the Turkmen delegation led by the Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan D. Gulmanova to the People's Republic of China began. As part of the working visit, a meeting in an expanded format was held with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China Zhao Leji. During the meeting, the imp...

On May 22, 2025, a meeting of the United Nations Country Team in Turkmenistan was held in video conference mode. The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, heads of UN agencies in Turkmenistan and regional structures of this organization. The agenda of the meeting included discussion of Turkmenistan’s national priorities for the new cycle of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2026–2030 and study of ways to accelerate the proce...

On May 20, 2025, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov participated in the first meeting of Termez Dialogue on connectivity between Central and South Asia under the title: “Common Space of Peace, Friendship and Prosperity”. The meeting was attended by heads of foreign policy agencies, experts of analytical and research centers of Central and South Asian countries, representatives of financial institutions, international and regional organizations. The participan...

On May 21, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs Felipe Paullier at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties examined in details the main areas and prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UN in the field of youth policy, and noted Turkmenistan’s contribution to the development of youth diplomacy. The head of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan...

On 21 May 2025 the Shirakatsy Lyceum hosted the celebration of UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity which was attended by students and teachers of the Lyceum, representatives of the diplomatic corps of Armenia, and parents of еру students. During the event, a discussion "Shirakatsy Talks" was also held in which invited guests, diplomats, Ambassadors made presentations on diplomacy, innovation, sustainable development, youth leadership and etc. As part of the celebration of the 2025- Y...

On May 20, 2025, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the head of the International Weightlifting Federation Mohammed Jalud, who was visiting Turkmenistan. Expressing gratitude for the opportunity to meet, the guest emphasized that it was a great honor for him to visit Turkmenistan, which is achieving great success in the field of sports. The IWF President noted that he recalls with particular warmth his previous visits to Ashgabat in 2017 to participate in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martia...