From 5 to 9 December 2023, the 18th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is taking place in Kasane, Republic of Botswana. The delegation of Turkmenistan led by the Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO Ch. Rustemova took part in this session. On December 5, 2023, as part of the event, based on broad consensus, without voting, the above Committee unanimously decided to include the nomin...

On December 6, 2023, a Turkmen-Turkish business forum was held in Ashgabat, which was attended by leaders and representatives of relevant government and business structures of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Türkiye. The main topic of the forum was the intensification of bilateral partnerships in the context of long-term plans for the future. Forum participants noted the progressive development of bilateral relations, which in recent years have received new qualitative content and powerfu...

On December 6, 2023, the 7th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Turkish Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. At the meeting, the delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Batyr Atdayev, the Turkish delegation was headed by Vice-President of the Republic of Türkiye Cevdet Yilmaz. During the meeting, the heads of leading ministries and departments of Turkmenistan and their Turkish partners got acquainted wit...

On December 6, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye, Cevdet Yilmaz, co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Turkish Commission on Economic Cooperation, who arrived in Turkmenistan at the head of his country’s delegation to participate in the seventh meeting of the Commission. Having warmly welcomed the Vice-President of a friendly country to the hospitable Turkmen soil, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov wished the succ...

On December 5, 2023, the ceremony of presenting the credentials by Ambassador N.Golliyev to the President of Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov was held in “Ala-Archa” Presidential Residence in Bishkek. In the framework of the ceremony, Ambassador conveyed the warm greetings and best wishes to the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurb...

On December 4, 2023, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation E.Aydogdyyev presented his credentials to the President of the Russian Federation V.Putin. During the ceremony in the Kremlin, addressing the Turkmen Ambassador, the Head of the Russian State noted that Russia is actively developing multifaceted cooperation with friendly Turkmenistan. Political ties, V.Putin said, are complemented by cultural and humanitarian cooperation. As examples of such interaction the const...

On December 6, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society Neda Berger, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, an interested exchange of views took place on the state of Turkmen-Austrian cooperation. At the same time, the prospects for effective interaction and further expansion of bilateral partnership in the trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres were discussed. In this context...