On December 2-3, 2021, in Stockholm, Sweden, the 28th meeting of the Ministerial Council (COM) of the OSCE participating States was held under the chairmanship of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden A. Linde. Heads of foreign ministries, as well as Permanent Representatives of the OSCE region, including the delegation of Turkmenistan, as well as delegations from 10 partner countries took part in the meeting. The meeting discussed issues of security in the OS...

In a letter addressed to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi invites the Head of State to participate in the Republic Day celebrations and the “India-Central Asia” High Level Summit. In his letter, Narendra Modi notes that India and Turkmenistan enjoy traditionally close historical and cultural linkages. “I had the privilege of visit your beautiful country in 2015. Your visit to India in 2010 had provided a firm...

On December 2, on the sidelines of the Eurasian Congress, Moscow hosted the 2021 final session of the CIS Economic Council. Counselor of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation Serdar Durdyev took part in the meeting. The meeting participants exchanged views on important issues of economic cooperation within the CIS and discussed drafts of a number of documents. According to the press service of the CIS Executive Committee, Director of the Department for Economic Cooperation of...

On November 30, 2021, the 14th Cooperation Forum “Central Asia – Republic of Korea” on the level of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs was held in Dushanbe. The Forum was attended by the heads of foreign policy agencies of the countries of the Cooperation Forum “Central Asia – Republic of Korea”. The delegation of Turkmenistan was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov. Four special items were included in the agenda of the current Forum. They are the following: cooperation in...

During his speech at the 15th ECO Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also touched upon energy issues, highlighted the importance of expanding the transport and communication sphere. “Among the priority directions of the ECO, Turkmenistan sees the development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres,” the Head of state noted. He stressed that at present, these segments of the partnership objectively act as a defining trend in global economic growth. In thi...

On November 27, 2021 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Ashgabat to participate in which the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the ECO member-countries arrived to Turkmen capital. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov. At the beginning of the Meeting, the former ECO Chairman, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoglu made his inaugural remarks....

On November 26, 2021, a Meeting of Senior Officials of the countries-members of the Economic Cooperation Organization chaired by the Turkmen side was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of Turkmenistan at the Meeting was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Berdiniyaz Myatiyev. The agenda of the Meeting included the issues of the preparation to the 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM), Consideration o...