On March 16, 2023, Ankara hosted an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). At the meeting, held on the eve of the extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State of the OTS, the main directions of the Organization's activities were considered. Special attention was paid to the implementation of joint efforts of the Member and Observer States of the Organization in order to quickly overcome the consequences of devastating earthquakes in...

Today, on March 16, 2023, in the Foreign ministry, a meeting was held between the Deputy minister of foreign affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Turkmenistan Konstantin Sabiashvili. During the meeting, topical issues on the bilateral agenda and prospects for the further development of Turkmen-Georgian relations were discussed. The parties stated the commitment of the two states to the development of constructive politica...

On March 15-16, 2023, the 8th meeting of the Joint Turkmen-Tatarstan working group on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation was held in Ashgabat. A representative delegation headed by the Deputy Prime-minister, Minister of industry and trade of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation O.Korobchenko arrived in the capital of Turkmenistan to participate in the meeting. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of finance and economy of Turkmenistan S.Jo...

Today, on March 15, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova met with the Country Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for Turkmenistan Olaf Ronnie Lindstrom, during which issues of cooperation in priority areas were discussed. The parties noted the successful work of UNFPA within the framework of the signed Annual Plans with the relevant ministries and state agencies of Turkmenistan. One of these areas of cooperation was the provision o...

Final Declaration adopted at the First Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality for Peace, Security and Sustainable Development published in the six official UN languages (A/77/778 - see document below) as an official document of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly under agenda item 58 “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace”. The ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality was held in Ashgabat on December 10, 2022. The adopted Declaration consolidates th...

The signing ceremony was held on 14 March 2023, in New York, at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations. The Joint Communiqué was signed on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kenya. Prior to the signing ceremony, H.E. Mrs. Aksoltan Ataeva Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN and H.E. Mr. Martin Kimani Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the UN held talks. They confirmed m...

On March 14, 2023, in the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held between representatives of ministries and state agencies of Turkmenistan and experts from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). During the meeting, issues of regional security, countering threats and challenges were discussed, taking into account the realities of the modern world, including the ways of a peaceful settlement of the Afghan issue. An exchange of views also took place on issues of regional coo...