Following the instructions of the National Leader of the Turkmen People, given at a regular meeting of the Board of the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Children in Need of Care, humanitarian aid has been sent from Turkmenistan to earthquake-stricken Afghanistan. This is yet another example of how the good principles that the Turkmen people have created throughout their history and which serve as a model for the entire world are evolving in the spirit of the m...

During a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Mahri Bashimova and Deputy Managing Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the European External Action Service, Audronė Perkauskienė, current issues of cooperation were discussed. In particular, the parties discussed the results of the “Central Asia-European Union” ministerial meeting held in Ashgabat in March. Preparations for the upcoming International Forum, scheduled for December 12 in Ashgabat in honor of the I...

U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a working dinner Thursday at the White House with leaders of Central Asian countries as part of the second Central Asia + U.S. (C5+1) summit. The meeting brought together the presidents of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov; Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev; Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov; Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon; and Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The summit and working dinner marked the beginning of a new phase in the development of the C5+1 format and...

At its 43rd General Conference in Samarkand, UNESCO decided to establish a World Day of the Turkic Language Family, to be celebrated annually on December 15. The date was chosen to honor a significant event in the history of the study of Turkic languages: on December 15, 1893, the Danish scholar Wilhelm Thomsen deciphered the 8th-century Orkhon inscriptions, among the oldest written records of the Turkic alphabet. The initiative to establish the day was put forward by Turkish President Rec...

A C5+1 Welcome Reception for the foreign ministers of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan was held Wednesday at the U.S. Department of State. The event, hosted in the Benjamin Franklin Room, was a key part of the C5+1 meetings in Washington. Opening remarks were delivered by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch, U.S. Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor, and Secretary of State Mar...

Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived in Washington on a working visit to participate in the "Central Asia + USA" summit at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. The visit took place as part of the implementation of Turkmenistan's foreign policy strategy, based on the principles of positive neutrality, peacefulness, and constructive cooperation. Diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the United States were established in 1992. Since then, cooperation between the cou...

A strategic announcement regarding the future of Turkmenistan’s energy sector was made during the CIET-2025 international conference in Avaza. Serdar Saparov, Deputy Minister of Energy, announced the launch of a major project: the construction of a new combined-cycle (CC) power plant on the Caspian Sea coast. The facility, planned for the Caspian coast, will have an installed capacity of 1,574 megawatts (MW). The project is a cornerstone of Turkmenistan’s strategy to modernize its energy syst...