On the 6th of January 2021, a press-conference of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia Gherman was held in Ashgabat. The representatives of the local mass media and the journalists accredited in Turkmenistan participated to the event, including the foreign press that took part in the press-conference through videoconferencing. Among the participants, the representatives of the mass media of Azerba...

On December 23, 2020, the presentation of the book of the President of Turkmenistan “Traditions of Turkmen Statehood” in French was held in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. The presentation was attended by editors-in-chief of press, rectors and faculty members of the institutions of higher education of Turkmenistan, as well as the scientists and representatives of the mass media.  In addition, the event was attended by the scientist of the National Center for Scientific R...

In order to implement the plans envisaged in the Concept for the Development of the Electric Power Industry of Turkmenistan for 2013-2020 to increase the export of Turkmen electricity, as well as to continue cooperation between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in the electric power industry, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, authorizing to sign contracts for the supply of electricity from Turkmenistan to the Islamic Repub...

The fourth issue of the quarterly, scientific and practical magazine "Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of Turkmenistan", prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan has been published. The magazine opens the text of the video message of the President of Turkmenistan to the participants of the International Forum on Northern Economic Cooperation, held in Seoul on October 30. The heading "International political activity of the President of Turkmenistan" provides brief informatio...

On the 22nd of December 2020, a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Tadashi Maeda was held through videoconferencing. During the meeting, the parties noted the high dynamics of the development of Turkmen-Japanese relations on the whole spectrum of cooperation. The active dialogue between the leadership of the two countries was underlined that contributes to further strengthening of i...

On December 18, 2020, a briefing was held at the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan in the format of a videoconference by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan A. Blokhin, dedicated to the results of Turkmen-Russian relations in the outgoing year and the 25th anniversary of the neutral status of Turkmenistan. Representatives of the national media, as well as foreign journalists accredited in Turkmenistan, took part in the briefing via video li...

Today, on December 16, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States of America continued in the format of a video conference. In particular, the meeting participants discussed humanitarian issues. Turkmenistan actively cooperates with the United States on issues related to human rights and maintains an open dialogue in this area. The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov presented a detailed overview of the measures taken in t...