Today, on December 17, a meeting was held between the delegations of Turkmenistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the format of a video conference. The Turkmen side was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. A large delegation from the Asian Development Bank was led by Werner Lipak, ADB Director General for Central and West Asia. During the meeting, the effectiveness of the long-term cooperation of Turkmenistan with the Asian Development Bank, in...

On December 16, 2020, an meeting was held with the Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Ashgabat F. Turkmenoglu. From the Turkmen side, the meeting was attended by the Minister of Finance and Economy M. Serdarov, heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank, as well as the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities of Turkmenistan. Within the framework of the meeting, the priority areas of the current...

On December 16, 2020, a regular meeting of the "Turkmenistan-USA" Business Council was held online, at which key aspects of trade-economic cooperation were discussed. The meeting was attended by members of the Government, heads of key ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, senior representative of the US State Department Jonathan Henick, Executive Director of the Council Eric Stewart and heads of American companies-members of the Council, in particular, “John Deere”, “Case New Holland”,...

Today, on December 16, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States of America continued in the format of a video conference. In particular, the meeting participants discussed humanitarian issues. Turkmenistan actively cooperates with the United States on issues related to human rights and maintains an open dialogue in this area. The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov presented a detailed overview of the measures taken in t...

On December 16, 2020, the first meeting of the Steering Committee for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations for 2021-2025 was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the heads and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of more than 30 relevant ministries and department...

On December 15, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Khan Vali Khan Basharmal who presented his credentials to the Head of the State. Having expressed deep gratitude for spared time, the diplomat congratulated the Head of the State on the 25th anniversary of neutral status of Turkmenistan, having conveyed warm greetings of the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani who a...

Today, on December 15, 2020, three-day political consultations between the Foreign policy agencies of Turkmenistan and the United States of America in the format of a video conference started. The main vectors of bilateral cooperation are on the agenda, in particular, security issues, trade and economic ties, the humanitarian spectrum. Opening the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov outlined the Turkmen-American relations, which are acquiring positive dynamics of...