Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States Baghdad Amreyev expressed his gratitude to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov for his contribution to the organization of the 8th Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States which was held in Istanbul on November 12, 2021. «Participation of Turkmenistan in the Summit gave it a new look and your far-sighted decision on accession of Turkmenistan to the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States will facil...

On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, which is celebrated on 1 December every year, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' (OHCHR) together with the European Union organized the Regional meeting of the civil society organizations in Central Asia. The event took place with live coverage parallelly from Ashgabat, Osh, Dushanbe, Tashkent and brought together the representatives of the EU Missions in the Central Asia countries, OHCHR, public organizations of countries, experts i...

On December 10, 2021, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met in Ashgabat with Viorel Gutsu, Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the International Conference "Peace and Trust Policy – Basis of International Security, Stability and Development". In the course of the meeting, the sides discussed in detail the priority areas of cooperation between Turkmenista...

Today, on December 10, the negotiations were held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with Acting Regional Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) for countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Julia Valese, who came to Turkmenistan for participation in the International Conference “Peace and Trust Policy – Basis of International Security, Stability and Development”. The parties noted high level of collaborat...

Today, on December 10, a meeting was held at the MFA between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, who came to Ashgabat for participation in the International Conference “Peace and Trust Policy – Basis of International Security, Stability and Development”. During constructive meeting it was confirmed serious focus of Turkmenistan fo...

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received Governor of the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation Igor Babushkin. Expressing his sincere acknowledgment for the given time to meet, the guest conveyed warm greetings of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and his wishes of wellbeing to the entire Turkmen people. As Igor Babushkin noted, Russia highly appreciates traditionally friendly relations with Turkmenistan which displays high indicators of economic growth an...

Turkmen athletes started at the World Weightlifting Championship, which is taking place in Tashkent. On the second day of the competition, women in the 49 kg weight category competed for medals, in which 13 participants from 11 countries competed for the awards. The hopes of the Turkmen sports fans in this weight were associated with the performance of the 2018 world champion in the non-Olympic weight category up to 45 kg Yulduz Dzhumabayeva. In the first exercise, Yulduz took the initial...