On December 10, 2023, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Deputy Administrator of the United Nations Development Program and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS Ivana Zivkovic, who is in Ashgabat to participate in the international conference “Dialogue - a guarantee of peace” . During the negotiations, the strategic nature of cooperation between Turkmenistan...

On December 10, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with FAO's Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia Viorel Gutu, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the international conference “Dialogue - a guarantee of peace”, dedicated to the International Day of Neutrality and the 28th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan. A wide range of issues of food and environmental security, rational environmental management, as well as joint work in...

On December 7, 2023, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Thomas Schuller-Götzburg and the head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society Neda Berger, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit . During the meeting, an interested exchange of views took place on the state of Turkmen-Austrian cooperation in the political-diploma...

On December 7, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiev accepted copies of credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tehran) Badr Abdullah al-Munikh. The Deputy Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post and confirmed the readiness of the Turkmen side to provide support and assistance in fulfilling his diplomatic mission to strengthen Turkmen-Kuwaiti...

On December 7, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiev accepted copies of credentials of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zimbabwe to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tehran) Bright Kupemba. The Deputy Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post and confirmed the readiness of the Turkmen side to provide support and assistance in fulfilling his diplomatic mission to strengthen Turkmen-Zimbabwean rel...

During the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on December 5, 2023, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected to the Commission on Population and Development for the term 2024-2028. With strong support from the Council’s members, Turkmenistan now extends its membership in the Commission for the next consecutive period continuing its terms of 2016-2020 and 2020-2024. As one of ECOSOC's ten functional commissions, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) a...

From 5 to 9 December 2023, the 18th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is taking place in Kasane, Republic of Botswana. The delegation of Turkmenistan led by the Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO Ch. Rustemova took part in this session. On December 5, 2023, as part of the event, based on broad consensus, without voting, the above Committee unanimously decided to include the nomin...