On 2 December 2024, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Turkmenistan Arsen Avagyan. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador of Armenia presented copies of his credentials. Then the sides discussed the key areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Armenia in political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultur...

From 30 November to 1 December 2024, the Regional Consultative Meeting of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on discussion of the establishment of the United Nations Special Programme for the Aral Sea Basin (UNSPAS) was held in Ashagbat. The proposal to establish the UN Special Programme for the Aral Sea Basin countries was put forward in 2012 by the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. At...

On December 1, 2024, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov took part in the Fifth Central Asia-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of the People’s Republic of China. The participants of the meeting emphasized the important role of cooperation in the “Central Asia-China” Format in the context of intensifying joint efforts aimed at strengthening constructive partnership for common interests of the participating countries....

On 30 November 2024, the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi was held on the margins of the Fifth Central Asia-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of the People’s Republic of China. During the meeting, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs noted with satisfaction the fruitful nature of the interstate dialogue built on the principles of mutually benefici...

On the 29th of November 2024, the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is on the working visit to Hungary, is participating at the invitation of the Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States Binali Yildirim in the 16th meeting of the given Council as a member of the Council of Elders, as well as the  guest of honor. The previous 15th meeting of this structure was held in Turkmenistan in March of this year...

On 29 November 2024, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Regional Director of the UN Environment Programme’s Europe Office (UNEP) Arnold Kreilhuber, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the Conference on Food Security in the Context of Climate Change. During the meeting, the parties discussed current issues of cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNEP, as well as the implementation of previously reac...

On 29 November 2024, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Turkmenistan Eric Livny. During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of strengthening partnership and prospects for enhancing cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EBRD. They exchanged views on the proposals for...