On June 30, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Governor of the People's Government of Shaanxi Province of the People's Republic of China Zhao Gang, who arrived in Turkmenistan at the head of the provincial delegation to participate in the events on the opening of the city of Arkadag. During the meeting, the parties updated the issues of Turkmen-Chinese cooperation, and exchanged views on further expanding ties on priority aspects of interaction....

On June 30, 2023, an international media forum was held in the city of Arkadag, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Broadcasting and Cinematography. The forum gathered more than 100 participants, including heads of academic circles and chief editors of the country's news agencies, representatives of relevant international organizations and associations, correspondents of national private news agencies, as well as forei...

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on Thursday took part in large-scale celebrations to mark the opening of Turkmenistan's first "smart" city, Arkadag city, the official Turkmen media reported. According to the report, the opening ceremony of the country's first "smart city" was attended by many foreign guests. Turkmenistan's creative teams performed an inspiring musical and choreographic composition on the square near the monument "Akhan". The Head of state and foreign guests...

On June 28, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held talks with the Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Khusrav Noziri, who arrived in Ashgabat on a visit. During the meeting, priority issues and prospects for further expansion of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the ECO were discussed. The parties noted the great opportunities for regional partnership in such topical areas as trade, transport, investment, energy, ecology, a...

On June 28, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev met with the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary Lezsak Sandor, who is in Ashgabat on a visit. During the meeting, topical issues of Turkmen-Hungarian cooperation in the political, diplomatic, cultural and humanitarian fields were discussed. The parties stressed that meetings and negotiations at the highest level contribute to the development of bilateral relations. In this context, the offic...

On June 28, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with a delegation headed by the Chairman of the Secretariat of the Japanese-Turkmen Parliamentary Friendship League of the Parliament of Japan Matsushita Shinpei. R.Meredov noted that political relations between Turkmenistan and Japan reached a qualitatively new level and are characterized by high dynamics. In this regard, he stressed that inter-parliamentary relations are an essential complement in this dire...

Today, on June 28, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Chairman of the Japan-Turkmen Committee for Economic Cooperation H.Tsubai and the Executive Director, General Manager of the Kawasaki Heavy Ind. Ltd» K.Sanada. R.Meredov stressed that today the Turkmen-Japanese relations have reached a qualitatively new level. In this context, the leaders of the two countries are making special efforts to give impetus to the implementation of bilateral coopera...