On June 16, 2020, an online consultative meeting of the National Coordinators of the Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia (CAREC) program of the Asian Development Bank was held. From the Turkmen side the meeting was attended by the heads of the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the participants were introduced to the implemented projects of the CAREC program in the field of economics, trade, energy, tourism, economic corridors, as well as the meas...

On June 15, 2020, the first session of the Coordination Committee of the EU-Central Asia Working Group on Environment and Climate Change (WGECC) of the WECOOP project took place in the online format. The executives of the units of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment, representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection of Italy, EU Delegation to Kazakhstan, as well as the senior specialists on the issues of nature protection and climate change of the...

On the 30th of December 2020, an online meeting of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the Dean of the diplomatic corps in Turkmenistan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Blokhin was held.  The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. During the meeting, the head of state congratulated A.Blokhin and in his person the diplomati...

On December 18, 2020, a briefing was held at the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan in the format of a videoconference by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan A. Blokhin, dedicated to the results of Turkmen-Russian relations in the outgoing year and the 25th anniversary of the neutral status of Turkmenistan. Representatives of the national media, as well as foreign journalists accredited in Turkmenistan, took part in the briefing via video li...

On June 12, 2020, a half-yearly review meeting of the Turkmen-American political consultations took place through videoconferencing.  The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia, Press and Public Diplomacy J.Henick participated to the meeting. In the framework of the review, the parties discussed the current state of affairs and future development of bilateral partnership between Turkmenistan and the USA in different...

On June 12, 2020, an online meeting was held at the Central Office of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan with Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, and M. Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan for Oil and Gas Issues. During the meeting, the parties discussed the possibility of preparing a joint review with the International Energy Agency on the prospects for the gas, oil and energy sectors of the economy of Turkmenistan. The...

On June 12, 2020, an online meeting between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian countries and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles was held.      During the meeting, the issues related to the consolidation of efforts aimed at resisting the spread of new type of coronavirus infection were discussed.  The parties also considered the current state of affairs and future of cooperation between the European Union...