On the 16th of June 2021, the 14th meeting of the officials in the framework of the “Central Asia + Japan” Dialogue was held via videoconferencing.  The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev represented Turkmenistan at this event. The Deputy Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau of the MFA of Japan, Deputy Assistant Minister Tokuda Shuichi opened the session.  He noted the significance of cooperation between the countries in the given format encompassing a...

On June 11, 2021, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D.Kuleba. During the conversation, the parties discussed the current state and possibilities of developing bilateral ties in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian fields. The parties exchanged views concerning further strengthening of Turkmen-Ukrainian cooperation in the area of trade and investments...

On June 11, 2021, a meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev with the Special Representative of Japan for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Katsuhiko Takahashi was held via videoconferencing. During the meeting, the parties expressed the standpoints of Turkmenistan and Japan on Afghan issues. It was stated that the situation in Afghanistan continues to be in the centre of attention of the international community and is directly related to the security...

On June 9, 2021, in accordance with the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, the visit of the governmental delegation of Turkmenistan to the United Arab Emirates headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov has started. The delegation is composed of the heads and representatives of the key ministries and departments of Turkmenistan. On June 10, the meeting of the Turkmen delegation with the C...

Press conference of Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan Alexander Blokhin, which was dedicated to relations of our states since the beginning of 2020 till today, was held in the Embassy of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan on June 11. In the beginning of his speech, the diplomat reminded about the difficulties that the world community has faced from the beginning of the pandemics. Its negative impact has been experienced by the economies of all world powers, however, acc...

The Editorial Office of the “Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of Turkmenistan” magazine interviewed Ms. Freya von Groote, Director of the UNOPS Multi-country Office in Austria, who told about the key vectors of cooperation of UNOPS with Turkmenistan. United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the operational arm of the United Nations implementing unit projects for the UN system. What are the priority tasks for UNOPS? As a member of the United Nations family, UNOPS has a mandate, exp...

Today, on June 10, the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Commission of TRACECA Aset Asavbayev was held through videoconferencing. During the meeting, the parties discussed the current cooperation and prospects of collaboration within the Intergovernmental Commission of TRACECA.  Turkmenistan supports the projects aimed at the har...