On December 7, 2024, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov and the delegation headed by the Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Aliabadi. During the meeting, the current state and prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation based on the principles of good-neighborliness and mutual benefit were discussed. It was stated that trustful dialog on the highest state level serves as the ke...

On December 2, 2024, during the 43rd plenary meeting of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, the resolution submitted by Turkmenistan on behalf of the Central Asian countries “Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia” was adopted. Presenting the draft resolution, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations A. Atayeva thanked the UN Member States for supporting the project and emphasized that the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia is an...

On December 6, 2024, the third meeting of the “Turkmenistan-UN” Strategic Advisory Council was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the relevant Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of the ministries and departments of the country, heads of diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan abroad, the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of UN agencies, the Special Representative...

On 5-6 December 2024, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Myahri Bashimova took part in the 31st Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held in Valletta, Republic of Malta. This key event annually gathers representatives of 57 OSCE Member States, and this year it was attended by foreign ministers from more than 30 countries. Plenary sessions and several side events were held over two days. One of the main...

On December 5, 2024, upon the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Chairwoman of the Mejlis (Parliament) D. Gulmanova received credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sultanate of Oman to Turkmenistan Saif Bin Rashid Bin Saif Aljahwari. On behalf of the President of Turkmenistan, the Head of the National Parliament congratulated the diplomat on his appointment to the responsible post, wishing him success in the responsible missi...

On December 5, 2024, the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation. Expressing gratitude to the President of Uzbekistan for the initiative of holding the telephone conversation, the National Leader of Turkmen people emphasized that bilateral meetings and talks are a vivid expression of brotherly relations between the Turkmen and Uzbe...

On December 5, 2024, a meeting of States parties to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the theme “Strengthening cooperation among existing nuclear-weapon-free zones”. The meeting was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty. Turkmenistan is hosting this meeting in the framework of its chairmanship of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone T...