Preamble Turkmenistan views the current 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly as a period requiring all Member States to demonstrate the highest responsibility and foresight. The situation in the world, characterized by the escalation of military and political confrontation, the spread of conflict potential, the creation of new threats and challenges and an obvious crisis of confidence, is undermining the foundations of the global architecture of inter-State relations and the es...

On August 5, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Myahri Byashimova, met with permanent member, head of the propaganda department of the CPC Committee of Gansu Province Zhang Yongxia. During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects of the Turkmen-Chinese comprehensive strategic partnership. In this context, M.Byashimova stressed that today relations between Turkmenistan and China are developing dynamically in many areas of mutual interest....

On August 4, 2023, a press conference was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan following the trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. During the press conference, the heads of the foreign ministries of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan made appeals to media representatives, in which the results of the negotiations at the highest level were an...

On July 24, 2023, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Greeting each other, the heads of the two friendly states expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to exchange views on the current state and prospects of interstate cooperation that meets the fundamental interests of the Turkmen and Uzbek peoples. The President of Turkmenistan congratulated his colleague on...

On July 24, 2023, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during which key areas of mutually beneficial interstate cooperation built on an equal and trust basis were discussed. At the beginning of the conversation, Hero-Arkadag sincerely congratulated President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his birthday, noting that...

Recently, comments began to appear in a number of international media regarding the possibility of implementing a project for the supply of Turkmen natural gas in the western direction. We are talking about the construction of a gas pipeline along the bottom of the Caspian Sea in order to transport Turkmen "blue fuel" to European markets (the Trans-Caspian pipeline). Such a “sudden” manifestation of interest in a large-scale project in the current conditions, in general, is understandable and...

On July 8, 2023, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs B. Myatiev takes part in the 42nd General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), which is held in Bangkok (Thailand). The General Assembly is attended by 45 delegations of the OCA National Olympic Committees, as well as the heads and representatives of the OCA bodies and the International Olympic Committee. According to the agenda of the meeting, issues related to the activities of the...