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...

On the 10th of June 2021, an official event took place in the Conference Hall of the UN House in Ashgabat which was dedicated to the opening of the Representation of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Turkmenistan.   The event was attended by the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Office of UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, and the country agencies of the Organization, as well as the journalists of local and foreign mass...

On June 10, 2021, the International Scientific-Practical Conference “Independence of Turkmenistan – Development Based on the Principles of Peace and Trust”, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan and the Science Day was held in the conference hall of “Adalat” Palace of Turkmenistan. The Forum was organized by the Supreme Court of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, and the Institute of State, Law, and Democracy of Turkmenistan. The Confere...

On 8 June 2021, Aksoltan Ataeva, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN held a virtual working meeting with Sergiy Kislytsya, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN. At the outset, the Permanent Representatives noted the high level of bilateral relations and mutually beneficial cooperation in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian spheres. During the meeting, they discussed a wide range of topics on cooperation between...

Today, on June 7, an online meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Nikola Selakovic was held. During the meeting, a constructive exchange of views took place on key issues of bilateral and international agendas. The mutual strive of the parties to further development of Turkmen-Serbian interaction on all vectors posing mutual interest was underlined.  In this respect, the intention of the two c...

On June 6, 2021, the Turkmen-Afghan political consultations at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs were held. During the consultations, a wide range of issues related to political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was discussed. The parties have discussed in detail the joint plans and projects in accordance with agreements reached by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the...