At the meeting of the heads of the foreign affairs agencies of the European Union and Central Asian countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov announced national priorities on the most important issues of the regional and global agendas of multilateral cooperation. In particular, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again reaffirmed the position previously stated by the President of Turkmenistan on considering security as a single, integral category, whi...

On the 17th of November 2020, the 16th “Central Asia -  European Union” Ministerial Meeting was held in participation of the European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.  The meeting was also attended by the European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen. During the session, the participants exchanged views on two vectors present on the agenda of the meeting. That is the cooper...

On the 16th of November 2020, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Turkmenistan Yamamoto Hiroyuki. In the beginning of the meeting, the newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Turkmenistan Yamamoto Hiroyuki presented the copies of credentials to the head of the external policy agency. During the constructive talks, the diplomats noted the efficient nature of Turkmen-Jap...

On November 16, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the newly appointed Ambassador of Italy to Turkmenistan Luciano Galli. At the beginning of the conversation, congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible position, R. Meredov wished him success and new achievements in his mission aimed at developing the Turkmen-Italian cooperation. The diplomats stressed the intense nature of the relationship at the high and highest...

On November 13, 2020, in the building of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Azerbaijan, a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the drawing competition among young artists aged 7 to 16 on the theme "Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan - a bridge of friendship" was held. The competition was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Azerbaijan jointly with the Azerbaijan State Academy of Arts in honor of the 25th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan...

An online exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan's Neutrality and the announcement of 2020 year as "Turkmenistan - Home of Neutrality" year, has opened on the 20th of November, 2020, on the official websites of the libraries of Shymkent, which has been declared the cultural capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2020. The online exhibition, organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Kazakhstan with the support of the administration of Shymk...

On November 13, 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, together with the OSCE Center in Ashgabat organized an online lecture on the topic "Energy Diplomacy: International Experience". The lecture was attended by Professor of Moscow State Institute of International Relations, President of the Center for Energy Diplomacy and Geopolitics Stanislav Zhiznin, international expert from the Russian Federation Rimma Subkhankulova, international expert from Serbia Alexander Kovachevich,...