On 4 December 2025, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the UN Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Miguel Ángel Moratinos. During the conversation, the sides discussed priority areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UN Alliance of Civilizations, emphasizing the importance of promoting dialogue between cultures and religions, as well as strengthening m...

On December 3, the President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, held a regular meeting of the State Security Council. The meeting reviewed the performance of military and law enforcement agencies for the eleven months of this year, and discussed strengthening their material and technical base and further improving their operations. The head of state noted the key importance of further strengthening the country's defense capability, emphasizing that the programmat...

On 03.12.2025 Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Abdisalam Abdi Ali. The parties discussed the two countries' cooperation within international organizations, primarily the UN. They noted the similarities between Turkmenistan and Somalia's approaches to global peace and sustainable development. Preparations for the International Forum on Peace and...

The third EU–Central Asia Economic Forum concluded in Tashkent, where the sides announced a series of joint projects on critical raw materials and the restoration of degraded lands in the Aral Sea region. Several key initiatives were adopted at the forum: - DATA4CRM, a program to modernize geodata systems and improve access to information on critical raw materials, with a budget of 7.5 million euros. The project is implemented by the EU in partnership with Finland. - SECURE CRM, a 3-mil...

On November 26, 2025, the Library named after Magtymguly of the Svіchado Centralized Library System of the Department of Culture of the Svyatoshinsky District State Administration of the City of Kyiv hosted a poetry and music event, “Spiritual Lights: Skovoroda and Magtymguly”, dedicated to outstanding personalities of the 18th century, thinkers of the East and Ukraine – the Turkmen poet Magtymguly Pyragy and the Ukrainian philosopher and educator Hryhorii Skovoroda. The cultural event, organ...

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held talks with Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana on Tuesday during a state visit. Tokayev described Turkmenistan as a strategic partner and a brotherly state, highlighting the successful development of trade and other forms of economic cooperation. He also emphasized the importance of cultural and humanitarian ties and expressed satisfaction with the current level of engagement. Berdimuhamedov thanked his host for the in...

Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has signed the law approving the state budget for 2026. Total revenues and expenditures are set at 131.845 million manats, including a first-level budget of 36.5 million manats. The country’s centralized budget is planned at 119.703 million manats, of which 24.358 million will be allocated to the first-level budget. Allocation rates from national taxes to city and provincial budgets are as follows: Ashgabat – 5–6%, Arkadag – up to 100%, Ahal –...