On December 4, 2023, as part of a visit to Moscow to participate in the meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the Caspian states, the head of the delegation of Turkmenistan, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.Lavrov. During the conversation, the heads of the foreign ministries of Turkmenistan and Russia discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral coop...

On December 2, 2023, late in the evening, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov’s working visit to the United Arab Emirates, where the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-28) is taking place, ended. The state and prospects for building up the Turkmen-Emirati interstate dialogue were discussed during the meeting of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is taking part in the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, and the Vice-President,...

On November 30 – December 1, 2023, the delegation of Turkmenistan led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev took part in the 30th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, held in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. Heads and representatives of the foreign affairs agencies of 57 states of the OSCE region and delegations of 11 partner countries took part in the work of the Ministerial Council, chaired by the current OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affair...

On December 1, 2023, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. According to the COP28 agenda, participants will consider the results of the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and determine a further action plan that will guide the international community to achieve its goals. In addition, it is planned to discuss issues related to adaptation to climate change, overcoming its...

On December 1, 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, during his speech at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, confirmed the initiative to open a UN Regional Centre for Climate Change Technologies in Central Asia in Turkmenistan.   The head of state noted the importance of signing on the 13th of November this year a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for the development of regional pr...

On December 1, 2023 at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai President Serdar Berdimuhamedov officially announced Turkmenistan's accession to the Global Methane Pledge. It was noted that Turkmenistan expressed support for the new initiative on the Global Methane Pledge and expressed it’s interest in a detailed study of the document and participation in it’s implementation at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow. Taking in...

On December 1, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a meeting on the sidelines of the COP28 Conference with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Inger Andersen. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties confirmed readiness of Turkmenistan and UNEP to further strengthen the traditional fruitful interaction. As President Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted, Turkmenistan identifies climate chan...