On October 8, 2026, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, in the "Avaza" National Tourist Zone. President Aliyev had arrived in Turkmenistan on a visit to participate in high-level events. Warmly welcoming the distinguished guest, the Head of Turkmenistan thanked his Azerbaijani counterpart for accepting the invitation to visit Turkmenistan to participate in the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and the Republ...

On October 8, 2026, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the high-level events held in the "Avaza" National Tourist Zone. Warmly welcoming the leader of Uzbekistan, the head of Turkmenistan thanked the distinguished guest for accepting the invitation to visit Turkmenistan to participate in the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and the Republic o...

The constructive foreign policy of neutral Turkmenistan is aimed at strengthening and expanding fruitful cooperation with countries around the world, particularly with neighbouring states. As noted by the National Leader of the Turkmen people, the Central Asian states possess tremendous potential, the realization of which serves the interests of common prosperity and progress. Turkmenistan advocates a systematic, balanced and comprehensive approach to the development of regional cooperation,...

On October 8, 2026, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran  Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in a number of significant events, particularly the first Caspian Environmental Summit. As part of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State is scheduled for October 9. For the first time, this meeting will take place with the participation of the President of the Islamic Republic of Ira...

On 6 October 2026, the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov departed the capital for the city of Turkmenbashi in Balkan Velayat. At the Avaza National Tourist Zone, the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Hero-Arkadag Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov warmly welcomed Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the...

On 7 October 2026, on the sidelines of the events held in the National Tourist Zone “Avaza” within the framework of Turkmenistan’s Chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2026, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran Farzaneh Sadegh. During the meeting, the sides discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as promising areas for further interaction be...

On 28 September 2026, the XVI Meeting of the International Association of Ahal-Teke Horse Breeding was held under the chairmanship of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov. Welcoming the participants of the meeting, the Head of State noted that the XVI Meeting of the International Association of Ahal-Teke Horse Breeding is being held during the days of the widely celebrated main national holiday – the glorious 35th anniversary of the sacred Independence of Turkmenistan. It was em...