Mr. Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues Let me express my gratitude to His Excellency Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov for the informative and very timely briefing today. We are on the way to the eighth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Our preparation process and review meetings make this Strategy a dynamic document adjusted to every Member States’ counter-terrorism priorities. I commend...

(Baku, March 2, 2023) Heads and members of delegations! Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, let me express my gratitude to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan His Excellency Ilham Aliyev for the initiative to convene this Summit, its excellent organization and hospitality. The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic today are one of the most pressing and serious challenges of our time. And this problem, of course, is not limited to purely medical aspects – it directly affect...

On March 2, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, expressing gratitude for the invitation to take part in the Summit of the Contact Group of the Non-Aligned Movement in response to COVID-19, as well as warm welcome and hospitality, conveyed warm greetings to President Ilham Aliyev from the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan...

On March 2, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, during a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, took part in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in response to COVID-19. The high-level meeting was attended by heads of state and government, high-ranking representatives of various countries and major international organizations, including the UN, the Organization of Turkic States, the Economic Cooperation Organization, the International Organization for...

On 1-2 March 2023, delegation of Turkmenistan, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev, has participated to the 137th session of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). The delegation of Turkmenistan was composed of representatives of the Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Internal Affairs, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan. During this session, the HRC considered the...

On March 2, 2023, the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva met with the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Mr.Mohamed Khaled. During the meeting, the prospects for expanding cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UN structures on the issues of strengthening peace and security in Central Asia and at the global level were discussed. In this regard, a high assessment was expressed of the neutral foreign policy of...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held bilateral negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi as part of the «C5+1» meeting. During the meeting, the head of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan noted that Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are fraternal countries, intensive contacts at the highest level between the two sides fully reflect the high level of bilateral relations. It was also noted that the state visit...