On 17-18 April 2026, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, took part in the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF-2026). The high-level event was held at the Nest Congress Center in Antalya, Republic of Türkiye. The motto of the forum was “Mapping Tomorrow, Managing Uncertainties.” On the sidelines of the forum, a number of thematic sessions were held, during which participants exchan...

On April 17, 2026, a regular meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was held in Moscow. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov. The meeting was also attended by the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the CIS Executive Committee. During the meetings in narrow and wide f...

On April 16, 2026, the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, received Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, First Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Ding Xuexiang, who is visiting Turkmenistan on the instructions of the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. Expressing gratitude for the warm hospitality extended to the Chinese delegation, Ding Xuexiang emp...

On April 16, 2026, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag met with Ding Xuexiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, First Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, who arrived in Turkmenistan on a visit at the instruction of President Xi Jinping. Warmly welcoming the guest, the National Leader of the Turkmen people noted th...

During his visit to the Republic of Austria, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag, took part in the International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum. The Forum was held at the Hofburg Palace. There, the National Leader of the Turkmen people was warmly welcomed by Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Gerd Müller and Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic...

During his visit to the Republic of Austria, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag held negotiations with the Federal President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen. Before the meeting, an official photograph was taken of Hero-Arkadag and the Federal President of the Republic of Austria against the backdrop of the State Flags of the two countries. The Federal President of the friendly state once again warmly welcomed the disti...

As part of his visit to the Republic of Austria, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Hero-Arkadag had a meeting with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Rabab Fatima. Expressing gratitude for the time devoted to the meeting and taking the opportunity to convey to Hero-Arkadag warm greetings from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Rabab Fatima emphasized the role of Turkmenistan’s policy of positive neutrality in ensuring peace and sustainable deve...