On July 6, 2021, the 13th session of “Turkmenistan-EU” Dialogue on Human Rights was held in the format of a videoconference in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan. The current round of the “Turkmenistan-EU” Dialogue on Human Rights took place in the light of recent meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, upon the outcomes of which the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov were given to develop further collaboration with the European Union and...

On July 4, 2021, the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  Today, on the 5th of July, Mr. Volkan Bozkir was received by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Then, a meeting took place in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan between the UN delegation headed by Volkan Bozkir and the Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has met the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir. Welcoming the head of the state and having expressed his sincere gratitude for the accorded hearty welcome, the high-ranking guest noted that, having proved as a reliable and responsible partner of the United Nations, Turkmenistan displays an active and initiative position in the international dialogue, bringing a powerful contribution to the development of...

Experts from the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States have agreed on a draft Action Plan for holding the Year of Folk Art and Cultural Heritage in the CIS in 2022. The meeting of the expert group was attended by representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the Secretariat of the IPA CIS Council, the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation and the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth. Having...

Free and special economic zones of Iran plan to develop and expand trade and economic relations including in the sphere of transboundary trade with Turkmenistan. After approval of the Committee for Monitoring of Foreign Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the department of development of economic and trade relations with Turkmenistan has been opened in the administration of Sarakhs Special Economic Zone for development of trade and economic relations with Turkmenistan especially in the coo...

On the 3rd of July 2021, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov. During the talk, the parties discussed the current issues of cooperation, as well as the implementation of joint agreements reached at the highest political level. The parties confirmed the necessity of continuing the active collaboration between the MFAs of two countries, as well...

Turkmenistan is expanding cooperation with the European Union in various fields. Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan R.Meredov spoke about the main directions of this interaction at a government meeting via video link. According to him, in order to expand cooperation with the European Union, meetings and consultations are held on a regular basis within the framework of bilateral instruments, in particular, through the Turkmenistan-European Union Joint and Inter-Parliamenta...