On December 7, 2021, an online meeting of Joint Steering and Coordinating Committee on implementation of a Framework Cooperation Programme between Turkmenistan and the UN in the sphere of Sustainable Development for 2021-2025 was held. The meeting was attended by the leaders and officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, representatives of corresponding ministries and agencies of the country, as well as the heads and representatives of the UN agencies working in Ashgabat....

On December 4, 2021, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Head of the Country Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Turkmenistan Egor Zaitsev. At the beginning of the meeting, the new appointed Head of the WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan presented copies of his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and expressed his readiness to make every effort to further strengthen cooperation between Turkmenista...

On December 4, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan Narine Saakyan. At the beginning of the meeting Rashid Meredov congratulated Narine Saakyan with the appointment to this responsible post of the UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan and wished her successes in the new assignment. In the course of the constructive talk the sides underlined the effectiveness of the int...

On December 4, 2021, there was held a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Head of the UNICEF Representative Office in Turkmenistan Mohammad Fayyazi. Within the framework of the meeting the Head of the UNICEF Representative Office in Turkmenistan presented to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the copies of his credential letters. During the conversation, having congratulated Mohammad Fayyazi with the appointment to the post of the...

On November 30, 2021, in the building of the Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan the international webinar under the title “Culture of Peace” was held dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Independence, the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan Neutrality and also to the proclamation of 2021 as “Turkmenistan – Homeland of Peace and Trust”. More than 40 representatives of the cultural sphere from 15 countries took part in the webinar. The event included speeches by Executive Secretary of the Nati...

Today, on November 28, on the Day of Formation of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the 15th Summit of the Leaders of the ECO Member States was held in Ashgabat under the chair of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. As is known, in 2021, Turkmenistan chairs the Economic Cooperation Organization. The chairmanship of our state was adopted on March 4 of this year at the 14th ECO leaders' Summit, which took place in Turkey online. The Heads of state and government o...

During his speech at the 15th ECO Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also touched upon energy issues, highlighted the importance of expanding the transport and communication sphere. “Among the priority directions of the ECO, Turkmenistan sees the development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres,” the Head of state noted. He stressed that at present, these segments of the partnership objectively act as a defining trend in global economic growth. In thi...