The UNICEF Executive Board has endorsed Turkmenistan’s Country Programme Document for 2021-2025 in its second regular session this year taking place virtually from 8 to 11 September 2020. UNICEF’s sixth programme of cooperation with Turkmenistan will aim at supporting the Government in meeting its commitments to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of children, as stipulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and further reaffirmed in the National Plan of Action on the Realization...

On September 11, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Turkmenistan, Mr. Francois Delaus, who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side expressed gratitude to the Ambassador for his personal contribution to the development of Turkmen-French relations and productive work in various areas of interaction. The Ambassador of France,...

On September 10, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Having warmly greeted each other, the Turkmen leader and the Head of the Japanese Government expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to discuss in a personal conversation the state and prospects of interstate relations based on the principles of mutual respect and mutual goodwill of the parties. Thanking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

On September 10, 2020, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Turkmenistan Vidhu Peethambaran Nair, who presented his credentials to the Head of state. Expressing deep gratitude for the time allotted for the audience, the diplomat conveyed the warm words of greetings to the Turkmen leader from the President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

On 10 September 2020, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Armenia Muhammetgeldi Ayazov had a meeting with the Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, the Head of the Armenia-Turkmenistan Friendship Group Alexander Avetisyan. Warmly welcoming the member of the Armenian Parliament, Ambassador Ayazov presented the priority positions of the foreign policy of Turkmenistan, and added that this year Turkmenistan will widely celebrate the 25th anniversary of the adop...

The second negotiation round on the Modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty started on September 8, 2020 in a videoconference format. The heads and representatives of the “Türkmennebit” and “Türkmengaz” State Concerns, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations take part in the negotiations. At present, the Energy Charter Treaty is the only multilat...

On September 8, 2020, the presentation ceremony of the new book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov entitled “Traditions of Turkmen Statehood” was held in the Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Turkmenistan.  The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, executive staff, as well as the faculty members and students of the higher educational institutions and scientific centers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of the dipl...