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...

On June 11, 2020, the online meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Assistant Administrator of UNDP and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS Ms.Mirjana Spoljaric Egger was held. During the meeting, the parties highly appraised the long-term and efficient cooperation of Turkmenistan with the United Nations and its specialized agencies.  The parties stated the success of the work of the Country Office of the UN Development Progr...

On the 10th of June 2020, a working meeting in the framework of the preparations for the next sitting of the joint Intergovernmental Turkmen-Egypt Commission for Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation was held between the representatives of Turkmenistan and the Arab Republic of Egypt through videoconferencing. The heads and representatives of the ministries and institutions working in the field of trade, finances, and foreign economic relations, oil, and gas sectors, as well the chambe...

On June 10, 2020, a regional meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was held to promote the restoration of the private sector in Central Asia. The ministerial-level online session was attended by senior government officials from seven countries participating in the OECD Central Asian Initiative, responsible for the development and implementation of anti-crisis measures, representatives of the private sector, international experts, representatives of the E...