On May 26, 2025, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi. The parties discussed the issues of bilateral strategic partnership, in particular, in such important areas as political and diplomatic cooperation, economics, energy and a number of other areas. The long-term mutual support of Turkmenistan and China for each other in the United Nations and...

On May 24, 2025, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Korea participated in the Seoul Friendship Festival, organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. At the exhibition organized by the Embassy, items dedicated to Turkmenistan’s ancient history and culture were presented, along with examples of traditional decorative and applied arts and national clothing reflecting the rich and unique customs and traditions of the Turkmen people. The exhibition also featured books and magazines...

On May 24, 2025, a meeting of deputy foreign ministers of the Central Asia-China format was held in Beijing. The Turkmen side was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov. The agenda of the current meeting included discussion of issues of preparation for the second summit of heads of state of the Central Asia-China format, scheduled for June this year in Astana. The deputy heads of the foreign policy departments of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the...

On May 23, 2025, a meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Serdar Muhammetdurdiyev and the delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by the head of the IMF mission to Turkmenistan, Anna Rose Bordon. During the meeting, the sides discussed the current state and prospects of Turkmenistan’s cooperation with the IMF, including in such areas as technical assistance, advisory support and staff training....

On May 21, 2025, in order to develop inter-parliamentary relations between Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of China, a working visit of the Turkmen delegation led by the Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan D. Gulmanova to the People's Republic of China began. As part of the working visit, a meeting in an expanded format was held with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China Zhao Leji. During the meeting, the imp...

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...