On April 16, 2026, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag met with Ding Xuexiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, First Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, who arrived in Turkmenistan on a visit at the instruction of President Xi Jinping. Warmly welcoming the guest, the National Leader of the Turkmen people noted th...

During his visit to the Republic of Austria, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag, took part in the International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum. The Forum was held at the Hofburg Palace. There, the National Leader of the Turkmen people was warmly welcomed by Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Gerd Müller and Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic...

On April 9, 2026, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Hero-Arkadag Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, during his visit to the Republic of Austria, held a meeting with the head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society Neda Berger. Expressing her gratitude to the National Leader of the Turkmen people for the time devoted to the meeting, Neda Berger noted that the current visit of Hero-Arkadag to the friendly country would represent an important step towards strengthening in...

On April 8, 2026, consular consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea were held in Seoul. The Turkmen side was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov, while the Korean side was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea for Public Diplomacy Lim Sang-Woo. In accordance with the agenda of the consultations, current issues of bilateral cooperation in the consular sphere were dis...

On April 7, 2026, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and the Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. First of all, Hero-Arkadag, on his own behalf and on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, warmly congratulated the Speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament on her birthday, wishing he...

On 6 April 2026, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan. During the conversation, the sides discussed issues of bilateral partnership, as well as regional and international matters of mutual interest. Particular attention was paid to the interaction between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Türkiye within the framework of international organizations, a...

On April 5, 2026, the first meeting of the “Central Asia – Afghanistan” Сonsultative Dialogue was held in Kabul. At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was headed by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Afghanistan Hoja Ovezov. During the meeting, the sides discussed a joint assessment of the opportunities and challenges in relations between Afghanistan and the Central Asian countries, the expansion of economic and transit cooperation, as well as the development of a comprehensive roadmap for re...