One of the main directions of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy is the further development and strengthening of comprehensive relations with neighboring states. As previously reported, during the period from March 4 to 6 of this year, a representative delegation of Afghanistan led by the Acting Minister of Industry and Trade Alhaj Nuruddin Azizi visited Turkmenistan to participate in an exhibition of goods produced in Afghanistan, a business forum and other events organized with the aim of expans...

On March 5, 2024, a regional meeting of the heads of OSCE missions of Central Asian countries was held in the building of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, during which current issues of cooperation and activities of regional centers within the three dimensions of the OSCE were discussed. The event was attended by OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova, heads of OSCE field missions of Central Asian countries, employees of regional...

On March 5, 2024, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Helga Schmid. The head of state emphasized that Turkmenistan attaches great importance to consolidating efforts to ensure peace, security and sustainable development on the planet, whose foreign policy is based on the principles of positive neutrality. In this regard, one of the priorities is to strengthen interaction with major international organization...

On March 5, 2024, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Deputy Minister of Investment for Investor Relations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Badr Al-Badr. During the meeting, the parties discussed current issues on the agenda of interstate cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was emphasized that the main factor in the consistent development of comprehensive relations between the two countries are mutual...

As part of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Magtymguly Fragi, an outstanding Turkmen poet and thinker, the founder of Turkmen classical literature and the Turkmen literary language, on March 4, 2024 the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ukraine and Library named after Magtymguly in Kyiv held a cultural and poetic event. The Magtymguly Library, founded in 1969, has been for many years a place of friendship, unity, humanism, respect and veneration for national customs, traditio...

On March 1, 2024, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met on the sidelines of the third Antalya Diplomatic Forum with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Çalyk Holding group of companies Ahmet Chalyk. During the meeting, it was stated that Turkmen-Turkish relations are developing along an ascending line and interaction between our countries covers various areas, including energy, textile industry, constr...

On March 1, 2024, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was on a working visit to the Republic of Türkiye to participate in the third Antalya Diplomatic Forum. As is known, the annual Antalya Diplomatic Forum (ADF) is an initiative aimed at creating a broad dialogue platform for exchanging views on current global and regional issues, finding answers to modern challenges, and developing new effective ways of cooperat...