On June 23, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Charge d'Affaires of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan Mohammad Fazel Saber. Addressing the Afghan diplomat, the head of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry stressed that Turkmenistan had received the news of the devastating earthquake in the Afghan provinces of Khost and Paktika with deep sorrow and expressed sincere condolences and feelings of empathy to the people of this country. The head of the Ministry o...

On June 21, 2022, an online meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Executive Secretary of the UN International Center for Transport Diplomacy (ICTD) Igor Runov. During a constructive conversation, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of interaction aimed at improving the interconnectedness between countries by improving the transport infrastructure in the country and in the region. The head of the Turkmen Ministry of Foreign...

On June 20, 2022, a regional conference on the theme "Turkmenistan - OSCE: Regional Cooperation in the field of Transport and Logistics Development " was held in a hybrid format in Vienna, Austria. This conference was organized by the delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE together with the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Center in Ashgabat. Delegations of the OSCE participating States, leading experts from academies, representatives of the...

On June 20, 2022, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received member of the board, President of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Hou Qijun. Expressing sincere gratitude to the Head of state for the time spent, the head of CNPC confirmed the interest of the Chinese partners in strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation with Turkmenistan, built on a long-term basis. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov stressed that neutral Turkmenistan, consistently pursuing an "open d...

On June 16, 2022, the Second Regional Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals in the countries of Central Asia began its work in Almaty on the theme “Beyond COVID - Towards Just Recovery in Central Asia”. The summit was organized by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Kazakhstan with the financial support of the European Union and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy...

On June 16, 2022, representatives of the economic sector of Turkmenistan and the Czech Republic held an online meeting. During the meeting, the parties considered pressing issues on the agenda of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. In particular, potential cooperation in the field of hydrogen energy, the development of a bilateral legal base of the economic bloc and the strengthening ties between business circles and Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the two states we...

On June 16, 2022, in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was held a meeting of the Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO Ch.Rustamova with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Turkmenistan Qian Naicheng. During the meeting, the parties stated with satisfaction the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and China in cultural-humanitarian sphere, including in archaeolog...