On November 16, 2023, during the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected as a member of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport for 2023-2027. This Committee was established in 1978 to promote the role and importance of sport and its inclusion in public policy. Turkmenistan was elected as a member of this UNESCO structure for the period 2017-2021.

On November 20, 2023, in Beijing, the delegation of Turkmenistan led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev took part in the third meeting of the Turkmen-Chinese working group on ensuring the security of economic cooperation facilities. During the meeting, a detailed exchange of views took place on the current agenda of bilateral relations, and it was noted that the Turkmen-Chinese relations of comprehensive strategic partnership are dynamically and consistently devel...

Recently, comments began to appear in a number of international media regarding the possibility of implementing a project for the supply of Turkmen natural gas in the western direction. We are talking about the construction of a gas pipeline along the bottom of the Caspian Sea in order to transport Turkmen "blue fuel" to European markets (the Trans-Caspian pipeline). Such a “sudden” manifestation of interest in a large-scale project in the current conditions, in general, is understandable and...

Today, on July 22, 2023, a regular meeting of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO was held under the leadership of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Minister of foreign affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov. The meeting was attended by members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of relevant ministries, departments of the country, public organizations, the executive secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan...

On July 21, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Kim Jin-pyo, who is in Turkmenistan on an official visit at the head of a representative delegation of his country. The head of state expressed confidence that the meetings and negotiations within the framework of the current visit would serve to further strengthen bilateral inter-parliamentary ties. As President Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted, Turkmenistan hig...

On July 20, 2023, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Kim Jin-pyo, who is in Turkmenistan on an official visit at the head of a representative delegation. At present, as a result of the successful implementation of the initiatives for the development of international cooperation put forward by Hero-Arkadag under the leadership of President Serd...

On July 19, 2023, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is on a working visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, took part in the Summit of the Heads of State of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and the countries of Central Asia. The summit meeting was attended by the leaders of the member countries of the Council and the Central Asian states - the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republi...