On the 6th of January 2021, a press-conference of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia Gherman was held in Ashgabat. The representatives of the local mass media and the journalists accredited in Turkmenistan participated to the event, including the foreign press that took part in the press-conference through videoconferencing. Among the participants, the representatives of the mass media of Azerba...

On January 5, 2021, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Turkmenistan Qian Naicheng took place. During the meeting, R.Meredov congratulated the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China with the appointment to the responsible post and wished him successes in the diplomatic mission.  It was stated that in current year, the Turkmen-Chinese diplomatic relations enter the threshold...

On December 31, 2020, the winners of the creative contest “My Homeland – Permanently Neutral Turkmenistan” organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the editorial office of the “Nesil” newspaper on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan and dedicated to the International Neutrality Day were announced in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.   The ceremony that was organized on the threshold of the New Year wa...

On December 14, 2020, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, which was attended by the heads and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassadors - heads of diplomatic missions and missions to international organizations, heads of consular offices of Turkmenistan abroad. During the meeting, a wide range of issues related to the implementation of the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, given to the diplomatic corps of t...

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan, on December 12, 2020, a plenary session was held at the Institute of telecommunications and informatics of Turkmenistan on the topic "Development of multimodal transport corridors and reliable infrastructure as a factor of sustainable development." The event focused on the development of transport relations between countries and regions, which is especially important in the current world situation. The meeting wa...

Today, on December 12, Ashgabat hosted an international conference "Policy of Neutrality and its importance in ensuring international peace, security and sustainable development" dedicated to the 25th anniversary of permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan.   The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov participated to the forum of international scale. The event was attended by the leadership of Mejlis, Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heads of the minist...

On December 11, 2020, in the building of the State Migration Service of the country, a solemn ceremony of presenting passports to persons adopted into the citizenship of Turkmenistan was held. The President of Turkmenistan signed a Decree “On granting the citizenship of Turkmenistan,” in accordance with which 2580 people have become the citizens of Turkmenistan. Also, the head of state signed a Resolution according to which 874 people received the residence permit in Turkmenistan.  The eve...