On June 15, 2020, the first session of the Coordination Committee of the EU-Central Asia Working Group on Environment and Climate Change (WGECC) of the WECOOP project took place in the online format. The executives of the units of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment, representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection of Italy, EU Delegation to Kazakhstan, as well as the senior specialists on the issues of nature protection and climate change of the...

On June 15, 2020, the Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Sierra Leоnе was signed in the building of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  On behalf of Turkmenistan, the Document was signed by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Islamic Republic of Iran A.Gurbanov.  The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leоnе to the Islamic Republic of Ira...

On June 12, 2020, an online meeting between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian countries and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles was held.      During the meeting, the issues related to the consolidation of efforts aimed at resisting the spread of a new type of coronavirus infection were discussed.  The parties also considered the current state of affairs and the future of cooperation between the European...

On June 12, 2020, an online meeting was held at the Central Office of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan with Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, and M. Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan for Oil and Gas Issues. During the meeting, the parties discussed the possibility of preparing a joint review with the International Energy Agency on the prospects for the gas, oil, and energy sectors of the economy of Turkmenistan. Th...

On June 12, 2020, a half-yearly review meeting of the Turkmen-American political consultations took place through videoconferencing.  The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia, Press, and Public Diplomacy J.Henick participated in the meeting. In the framework of the review, the parties discussed the current state of affairs and future development of bilateral partnerships between Turkmenistan and the USA in differen...

On June 11, 2020, inter-MFA consultations were held in the form of a video conference between the foreign affairs agencies of Turkmenistan and the People’s Republic of China. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiev. The Chinese side was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Le Yucheng. During a constructive conversation, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperatio...

On June 11, 2020, the next round of the meeting of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Central Asia and Afghanistan was held with the participation of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in the format of a video conference. The meeting was attended by senior diplomats from the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Special Representative of the UN Secret...