On June 4, 2025, at the 75th plenary meeting of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Turkmenistan was elected a member of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2026-2028. ECOSOC is the principal organ responsible for coordinating the economic and social activities of the United Nations and its member organizations. ECOSOC is at the centre of the UN system's efforts to advance all three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental....

On June 2, 2025, in Tehran, Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammethan Chakyev took part in the 13th Meeting of Transport Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The event was attended by the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran Farzaneh Sadegh, the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan Makhkamov Ilkhom Rustamovich, the Minister of Communications of...

On May 22, 2025, a meeting of the United Nations Country Team in Turkmenistan was held in video conference mode. The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, heads of UN agencies in Turkmenistan and regional structures of this organization. The agenda of the meeting included discussion of Turkmenistan’s national priorities for the new cycle of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2026–2030 and study of ways to accelerate the proce...

On May 20, 2025, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov participated in the first meeting of Termez Dialogue on connectivity between Central and South Asia under the title: “Common Space of Peace, Friendship and Prosperity”. The meeting was attended by heads of foreign policy agencies, experts of analytical and research centers of Central and South Asian countries, representatives of financial institutions, international and regional organizations. The participan...

On May 16, 2025, the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was on a working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation, where he took part in the XVI International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum 2025” as an honorary guest. At the Gabdulla Tukai International Airport in Kazan, where the State Flags of Turkmenistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Feder...

On May 13, 2025, the Central Asian Conference on Climate Change, organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan jointly with the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC), began its work at the “Yyldyz” Hotel in the capital. This major regional conference brought together scientists, experts and specialists from Central Asian countries, as well as representatives of the UN and its specialized structures, in the Turkmen capital to discuss one of the pressing...

On May 9, 2025, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov left for a working visit to the Russian Federation, where, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he took part in the celebrations in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, held in Moscow. At the Vnukovo-2 International Airport, the head of Turkmenistan was met by officials. Here, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was presented with copies of the Pravda and Sowet Türkmenist...