On March 18, 2021, in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with the new Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Mary city Nuriddin Rahmani. At the beginning of the meeting Consul General of Afghanistan presented his consular patent. In turn, he was awarded consular exequatur by the MFA of Turkmenistan. The parties considered current state and perspectives of the development of friendly Turkmen...

Today, on the 17th of March 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met via videoconferencing with the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Helga Schmid. During the meeting, the present condition and prospects of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the OSCE were discussed.  A constructive exchange of views took place on the implementation of joint tasks based on the three dimensions. The cooperation on maintaining...

On March 16, 2021, an online meeting of the Human Dimension Committee of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the topic "Participation of women in political life" was held. The head of the Department of Democracy and Human Rights of the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan Ms. Shemshat Atajanova took part in the work of the meeting. In her speech, Ms. Atajanova informed the participants about the gender policy of Turkmenistan, equal participation of wome...

On the 15th of March 2021, an online meeting was held between the Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiyev and the Executive Director of Saudi company “Somo Al Mamlakah” Abdullah Al Shugair.   During the constructive conversation, the parties noted the commitment of two countries to the development of mutually beneficial relations in the oil and gas sector, chemical industry, as well as in the investment field. Thus, taking into conside...

During the period of 7 to 12 March, 2021, Delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Attorney General of the country participated in an online format in the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Kyoto city of Japan. High-ranking representatives of over 150 countries-members of the UN and international organizations attended the event. Minister of Justice of Japan Yoko Kamikawa was elected as the Chairwoman of the Congress. Prime-Minister of Japan Yoshihide S...

On March 11, 2021, a meeting was held via videoconferencing between the representatives of Turkmenistan and international organizations on the issues of international transport cooperation. The meeting was attended by the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Finance and Economy, as well as the state agencies of Turkmenistan specializing on transport. The representatives of relevant UN agencies, including th...

On March 10, 2021, an awarding ceremony of the merited athletes of the country with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan, President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held in the Sports Complex of the Martial Arts of the Olympic town. The ceremony was attended by the members of the Government, as well as coaches and leading athletes of the country. In the course of the ceremony the President of Turkmenistan, President of the Nation...