On November 5, 2021, in preparation for the 14th “Central Asia – Republic of Korea” Cooperation Forum (Central Asia-ROK), scheduled on November 30 this year, a meeting of the participating countries at the level of deputy foreign ministers in a hybrid format was held in Dushanbe. Turkmenistan was represented at the meeting by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev. During this meeting, the diplomats discussed implementation of the outcome documents of the 13th meeting of the Minis...

Speaking at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, emphasized that after the adoption of the global Sustainable Development Goals, Turkmenistan is actively working to achieve them at the national and international levels. The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Turkmenistan is essentially a confirmation of country's amb...

On October 30-31, 2021, the Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov was on a working visit in Afghanistan. Within the framework of the visit to Kabul, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a number of meetings with high-ranking officials of Afghanistan. In particular, Vice-Premier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Cha...

Today, on October 31, within the framework of a working visit to Kabul, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held several meetings with high-ranking officials of Afghanistan. During the meetings, the sides exchanged views on political and economic ties, discussed the security situation and humanitarian aid supplies, as well as touched upon on the issue of intensifying the construction of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, Turkmenistan-Afghanista...

On October 29, 2021, in participation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the 203 kilometer long “Ashgabat-Tedjen” section of the “Ashgabat-Turkmenabad” autobahn was solemnly put into operation. The members of the Government of Turkmenistan, high-level foreign guests, in particular Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), regional and country representatives of the Islamic Bank of Development, Asian Bank of Development, European Bank for Reconst...

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his letter addressed to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed gratitude for warm hospitality provided during his state visit to Ashgabat. The message says: “I express to you my sincere gratitude for exceptional hospitality and excellent organization of my first state visit to Turkmenistan on October 24-25, 2021. The results of the talks which were held in the atmosphere of full trust and mutual und...

On October 26-27, 2021, 16th meeting of Intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Cooperation took place in Tehran in participation of the co-chairmen of the Commission – the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran R.Ghasemi. The meeting was also attended in very format by the heads and representatives of the relevant ministries and agencies...