On April 22, 2020, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan A.Kamilov.  During the conversation, Ministers discussed the current issues of bilateral cooperation and the perspectives for its further development in political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres.    The need to intensify cooperation in the area of transport was noted.  Also, an e...

On April 22, 2020, the Turkmen-Afghan political consultations were held in a video conference mode in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was held at the level of the heads of the foreign affairs agencies of Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. During the consultations, the parties exchanged views on the regional and international agenda, especially focused on the interaction and mutual assistance of countries in this difficult time fo...

Today, on the 10th of April 2020, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took part in the extraordinary Summit of the Turkic Council upon the invitation of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev who is chairing the Cooperation Council of the Turkic-speaking States.   The Summit which was held through videoconferencing united the Heads of States of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.  The Prime Minister of Hungary, Secretary-G...

On the 9th of April 2020, a meeting with the heads and representatives of the agencies and specialized structures of the United Nations accredited in Turkmenistan was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, UN Resident Coordinator, Heads of the UNICEF, WHO in Turkmenistan, as well as the representatives of the UNDP and UNFPA in Turkmenistan participated to the meeting...

In recent days, information about the multimillion economic assistance on the part of the United States of America during the period of 20 years has appeared in a number of international mass media.  The Turkmen side declares that this information is untrue and underlines that the economic cooperation between Turkmenistan and the USA is implemented on the basis of mutual benefit and equal partnership.      At the same time, it is pertinent to note that over the quarter of a century the sta...

On April 2, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov. Warmly welcoming the leader of the largest region of Russia, the head of the Turkmen state congratulated him on the past holiday - International Day of Novruz and addressed the wishes of prosperity to the people of fraternal Tatarstan. As was emphasized, in the framework of the development of...

Today, Turkmenistan received the original certificate of inclusion of the traditional Turkmen carpet making art of Turkmenistan on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. One will recall that on December 12, 2019, at the 14th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, the decision to inscribe the traditional Turkmen carpet making art of Turkmenistan in the Representative List of the Intangible...