On April 15, 2024, in the Tashkent, the delegation of Turkmenistan led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov took part in the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue “Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf - Central Asia” (GCC + Central Asia). The forum was attended by the heads of foreign policy departments of the countries of Central Asia and six countries that are members of the Cooperation Council...

On April 14, 2024, the next round of annual political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the negotiations, the Turkmen delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the US delegation was led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs John Pommersheim. At the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects for the...

On April 12, 2024, a regular meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Minsk. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan D.Bayramov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus S.Aleinik, the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan M.Nurtleu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic J.Kulubaev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.Lavro...

An article in the next issue of the All-Ukrainian cultural weekly “Slovo Prosvity”, published on April 11, 2024, is dedicated to honoring the anniversary of the Turkmen poet and philosopher Magtymguly Fragi in Ukraine, the chief editor of which is the Honored Artist of Ukraine, a famous poet, writer, translator of Fragi’s poems into Ukrainian, laureate of the state award of Turkmenistan - “Magtymguly Fragi Medal” Pavel Movchan. The article notes that experts evaluate Magtymguly’s poems translate...

On April 9, 2024, during the Organizational Session of ECOSOC, elections to the subsidiary bodies of the Council were held. During the elections, ECOSOC members unanimously elected Turkmenistan as members of the Commission for Social Development for the 2025-2029 term. Thus, Turkmenistan will continue its functions as a member of the Commission, which it performs after its election in 2020.

On April 11, 2024, the Conference “Promoting Peace: implementing strategies to strengthen trust between countries” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The conference was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for CA K.Imnadze, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan...

On April 10, 2024, a telephone conversation took place between the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Having warmly greeted each other, the National Leader of the Turkmen people Arkadag and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan exchanged best wishes and congratulations on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. The National Leader of the Turkmen people also conveyed greetings and congratulations to Presi...