On May 29, 2020, online negotiations were held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Governor of the Astrakhan Region of the Russian Federation I.Yu.Babushkin. During a constructive conversation, the parties discussed the strategic nature of bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Astrakhan region, which has an important place in partnership with the Russian Federation. It was noted that a great de...

On May 29, 2020, a regular meeting of the Council of the Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States took place by videoconferencing. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic A.Asadov, the Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia M. Grigoryan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus S.Rumas, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan A.Mamin, the Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic E.Asrandiev, the Prime Minister of...

On May 29, 2020, the Mejlis of Turkmenistan hosted a videoconference of the Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group between representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan and the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Japan. The Japanese delegation at the conference was headed by the Director of the Department of Financial Affairs of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, the head of the secretariat of the Parliamentary League of Japanese-Turkmen Friendship Matsushita Shinpei. At the be...

On May 29, 2020, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan T.Ataev presented his credentials to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the official residence of the head of Ukrainian state. During the ceremony, the Ambassador conveyed warm greetings and best wishes of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Stressing that the Ukrainian side is interested in further expanding relations with Turkmenistan, Presiden...

On May 28, 2020, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held video conference negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Haneef Atmar. In development of the telephone conversation between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, which took place the day before, on May 27, diplomats discussed the current state and future prospects of...

On May 28, 2020, a high-level meeting on financing for development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond was held in video format. The event was jointly organized by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The event was attended by delegations of UN member states. From the Turkmen side, the Minister of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan E.Annamuhammedov attended the meeting. The event was held in three segments....

On May 28, 2020, a meeting was held in a video conference format, with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiev, the Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Ms. Helga Schmid and the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries. During the online negotiations, the participants discussed the current state and prospects for the development of cooperation between the EU and Central Asia. The parties discussed the implemen...