On July 16, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan Nurlan Nogayev, who presented copies of his credentials. R. Meredov congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post and expressed the readiness of the Turkmen side to provide assistance and support in the implementation of his diplomatic activities. Then, the parties discussed the agenda of Tu...

On, 13 July 2024, Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul Mr. Hoja Ovezov met with Mulla Hidayatullah Badri, acting Minister of Mines and petroleum of Afghanistan. At the beginning, Ambassador congratulated Mr. Badri upon his appointment as acting Minister of Mines and petroleum & wished him success in his related affairs. During the meeting, discussions were held regarding the issues related to the implementation of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. The part...

On July 10th, 2024, Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul Hoja Ovezov met with Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, Acting minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. In this meeting, discussions were held regarding the inauguration of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project, as well as increasing the capacity of Torghundi railway station & Nur-ul-Jihad substation in Herat province. As the result, it was agreed to accelerate the ongoing works on implementation of ec...

On July 6, 2024, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, who arrived in our country on a visit the night before, took part in the opening ceremony of the new building for the UN Office in Ashgabat. The event was also attended by heads of ministries and departments of the country, rectors of universities, heads and staff of UN missions in Turkmenistan, as well as the media. During the opening ceremony, expressing sincere gratitude to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov an...

On July 4, 2024, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on a working visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit. At the Ashgabat International Airport, Hero-Arkadag was seen off by officials. At the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana, where the national flags of the participating countries of the SCO Summit were raised on flagpoles a...

On July 4, 2024, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and the Regional Adviser of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Mario Apostolov. During the negotiations, the parties discussed the current state and prospects for further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UNECE in a wide range of areas. Special attention was paid to issues of cooperation within the framework of the UN Special Prog...

Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on the principles of friendship, good neighborliness, mutual respect and equal partnership, have been developing mutually beneficial relations in the gas industry for many years. The positive experience of joint activities in the field of supplies of Turkmen gas to Iran and through its territory to third countries serves as a solid basis for building the potential of bilateral partnership in this area. In this context, it should be noted...