During his speech at the 15th ECO Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also touched upon energy issues, highlighted the importance of expanding the transport and communication sphere. “Among the priority directions of the ECO, Turkmenistan sees the development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres,” the Head of state noted. He stressed that at present, these segments of the partnership objectively act as a defining trend in global economic growth. In thi...

At the 15th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization, held on November 28, 2021, the Heads of State and Government of the participating countries reflected their vision of the ECO's work and highlighted the unique geo-economic role of the ECO, which has a positive effect on regional cooperation. In his speech, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted the essence of interaction between the ECO Member States, united geographically, historically, as well as traditio...

Today, on November 22, under the chairmanship of the co-Chair of the Turkmen part of the Committee, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the co-Chair of the Chinese part of the Committee, Member of Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the Senior Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Han Zheng the regular fifth meeting of Turkmenistan-China Committee on Cooperation was held. During the me...

On November 22, 2021, a regular meeting of the heads of foreign ministries of Central Asia and the European Union in the format “European Union - Central Asia” opened in Dushanbe. The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev took part in the meeting. The participants of the meeting discussed the state and prospects of relations between the European Union and Central Asian countries, the course of implementation of the European Union Strategy for Cen...

Today, on November 19, an online meeting with the delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development headed by Managing Director, Central Asia for the EBRD Zsuzsanna Hargitai took place. From the Turkmen side the meeting was attended by the Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan G.Mushshikov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev. In the course of the constructive talk the parties discussed a number of directions of mutually beneficial cooper...

On November 18, 2021, during the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Turkmenistan was elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme for the period 2021-2025. The goal of the International Hydrological Programme is to contribute to the development and deepening of knowledge in the field of hydrology, development of modern methods and approaches of research in this field, the development of strategies and policies for sustainable...

On November 15, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the delegation of the World Health Organization (WHO) led by Regional Emergency Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe Dr. Dorit Nitzan. The sides discussed a broad range of issues concerning further realization of the agreements reached during the meeting of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr.Hans Kluge. The parties e...