On the 6th of January 2021, a press conference of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia Gherman was held in Ashgabat. The representatives of the local mass media and the journalists accredited in Turkmenistan participated in the event, including the foreign press that took part in the press-conference through videoconferencing. Among the participants, the representatives of the mass media of Azerba...

On the 6th of January 2021, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev held a telephone conversation with the Special Representative of the Federal Government for Afghanistan and Pakistan Markus Potzel.    After exchanging warm greetings, the diplomats highly appraised the level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Germany, both in a bilateral format, as well as in the framework of international and regional structures. Special attention was paid to the issues o...

On the 5th of January 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Turkmenistan Shin Sung-chul. At the beginning of the talk, R.Meredov congratulated the Ambassador with the appointment to the responsible post and wished him new successes and accomplishments in his mission aimed at the development of Turkmen-Korean cooperation.  The diplomats underlined the intensification of bilateral dialogue betw...

On January 5, 2021, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Turkmenistan Qian Naicheng took place. During the meeting, R.Meredov congratulated the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China with the appointment to the responsible post and wished him success in the diplomatic mission.  It was stated that in the current year, the Turkmen-Chinese diplomatic relations enter the thresho...

As known, on the 12th of December 2020, the International Conference entitled “Policy of neutrality and its importance in the provision of universal peace, security and sustainable development" dedicated to the 25th anniversary of permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan took place in Ashgabat.  The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov participated in the work of the Forum. The video statements of the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Secretary-General of the Organ...

On December 31, 2020, the winners of the creative contest “My Homeland – Permanently Neutral Turkmenistan” organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the editorial office of the “Nesil” newspaper on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan and dedicated to the International Neutrality Day were announced in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.   The ceremony that was organized on the threshold of the New Year wa...

On the 30th of December 2020, an online meeting of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the Dean of the diplomatic corps in Turkmenistan, Ambassador Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Blokhin were held.  The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. During the meeting, the head of state congratulated A.Blokhin and in his person the diploma...