On February 1, 2023, a regular meeting of the Inter-ministerial Commission of Turkmenistan on the Caspian Sea was held in the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov, as well as the heads of a number of ministries and relevant state agencies of the country. During the meeting, the results of the activities of the Inter-ministerial Commission for the year 2022 were considered, the draft Action Pla...

On January 30, 2023, a meeting was held in Ashgabat between the Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan G. Mammedova and the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation V. Volodin, which was held in an expanded format, with the participation of members of the delegations of the two countries. The subject of an interested discussion was the prospects for further bilateral inter-parliamentary cooperation, contacts within the framework of relevant committees, and...

On January 31, 2023, a briefing was organized at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN with the participation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, the head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Ambassador Natalia Gherman and the Permanent Representatives of the countries of Central Asia. Ms. Gherman briefed participants about the report to the UN Security Council on January 30 on the activities of the Centre over the past six month...

On January 30, 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin, who arrived in our country on a visit at the head of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation. Warmly welcoming the speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the hospitable Turkmen land, the head of Turkmenistan stated that at present the role of parliaments in public life is consis...

On January 27, 2023, a telephone conversation was held between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. The heads of state exchanged congratulations on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tajikistan. The Presidents noted with satisfaction the active political cooperation between the two countries, which is being successfully strengthe...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan condemns the armed attack on the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran on January 27, 2023, as a result of which there are dead and wounded among the staff of the diplomatic mission. Turkmenistan declares the inadmissibility of attacks on diplomatic missions and the use of any violence against the personnel of diplomatic departments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan expresses deep condolences to...

On January 27, 2023, an official ceremony was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the announcement of 2023 as the “International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace”. The event was held in a hybrid format under the conduction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by representatives of the main bodies of the UN and its specialized agencies and UN member states, international a...