On the 17th of February 2020, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with IOM Regional Coordinator for Migration for Central Asia, Head of IOM Missions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Zeynal Hajiyev.  During the meeting, the parties noted the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and IOM in the context of resolving the current and potential migration issues. The joint efforts in the area of combatting human trafficking, emerge...

On the 17th of February 2020, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara) Jama Abdullahi Muhammed. After exchanging warm greetings, the parties expressed the interest of Turkmenistan and Somalia in establishing long-term cooperation in various fields possessing mutual interest. It was noted that the high-level visits and cooperation betw...

As is known, this year Turkmenistan is celebrating the 25th anniversary of gaining the status of permanent neutrality of the country. Since the beginning of the year, both in the country and abroad, conferences, forums, and exhibitions have been organized at various levels. So, on January 14 of this year, the International Conference “Turkmenistan and International Organizations: Cooperation for Peace and Development” was successfully held in Ashgabat, in which President of Turkmenistan Gurba...

On February 15-16, 2020, sports events were held with the participation of the teams of diplomatic missions of foreign countries, representative offices of international organizations accredited in Ashgabat and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, traditionally dedicated to the Day of Diplomatic Workers of Turkmenistan. This significant date was established by the Decree of the President of Turkmenistan in 2009. This year, our country celebrates an anniversary date - the 25th anni...

On February 14, 2020, the successive session of the National Leading and Coordinating Committee of the Partnership Framework Development Program between Turkmenistan and the UN for 2016-2020 was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of UN agencies and public organizations, attended the meeting. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Aff...

On February 13, 2020, the signing ceremony of the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Turkmenistan and Grenada was held on the premises of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation.     Prior to the signing ceremony, the talks were held between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation Batyr Niyazliyev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Grenada to the Russian Federation Oleg Firer. ...

On February 12–13, 2020, the delegation of Turkmenistan participated in the ninth session of the meeting of the EU–Central Asia working group on environment and climate change that was held in Brussels. The specialists and experts working in the sphere of nature protection, climate change and water resources of the countries of Central Asia and the European Union took part in the session.  The meeting was organized in the framework of the EU–Central Asia Platform on cooperation in the area...