On January 26, 2023, the head of the delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the OSCE, Ms. Margareta Cederfelt. During the meeting, issues on the agenda of the Organization, as well as issues related to the holding of the OSCE PA event “Contribution of neutral countries to strengthening security, stability and dialogue in the European and Eurasian space within the framework of the OSCE” in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, were discussed. The...

On 26 January 2023, in the building of the Ministry of Energy of Pakistan, a meeting was held between Ambassador of Turkmenistan and Federal Minister of Energy (Power Division) of Pakistan Khurram Dastgir Khan, during which parties discussed the prospects of trade-economic cooperation in the energy sector for further development of bilateral relations. Turkmen side briefed about the implementation of the projects of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and Turkmenis...

On January 24, 2023, during the regular meeting of the OSCE Human Dimension Committee, the delegation of Turkmenistan made a statement on its priorities in the human dimension. The statement noted that civil society, democratic institutions, freedom of the media, gender equality, prevention of human trafficking and the right to education are priority areas for Turkmenistan in cooperation with the OSCE in the field of the human dimension. It was emphasized that Turkmenistan supports the develo...

On January 21, 2023, a major political event of historical significance took place in the capital's Congress Center of Turkmenistan. With the participation of representatives of the public of Turkmenistan, a meeting of the National Council (Milli Gengesh) of the country, the bicameral parliament of Turkmenistan - a representative and legislative body of state power, was held. During the meeting, the participants discussed a variety of issues related to the socio-political, economic, cultural...

On January 20, 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held talks with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin. During the one-on-one meeting, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasized the dynamic and constructive nature of the Turkmen-Russian cooperation. Political dialogue, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation are actively developing. Particular attention is also paid to strengthening inter-parliamentary contacts. An important place in the bilateral pa...

During the official visit of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin to Turkmenistan, a solid package of bilateral documents was signed. Among them: – Agreement between the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of migration; – Memorandum between the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan and the Federal Customs Service (Russian Federation) on cooperation in the...

The Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan has prepared a new issue of the periodical “Democracy and Law” journal, which comes out once a quarter. The central theme of the new issue was a landmark date - 27 years since the neutrality of the Fatherland. The issue opens with a speech by Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an expanded session of the Cabinet of Ministers on December 9, 2022, on the eve of the International Neutrality Day. In his speech, the head of state emphasized that in...