On December 7, 2024, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov and a delegation led by Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Aliabadi. During the meeting, the current state and prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation based on the principles of good neighborliness and mutual benefit were discussed. It was noted that a key factor in the development of constructive Turkmen-Iranian relations...

On December 2, 2024, during the 43rd plenary meeting of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, a resolution submitted by Turkmenistan on behalf of the Central Asian countries, "Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia", was adopted. Introducing the draft resolution, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN A. Atayeva thanked the UN member states for their support of the project and emphasized that the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia is an impor...

On December 6, 2024, the third meeting of the Turkmenistan-UN Strategic Advisory Council was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the relevant Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of the ministries and departments of the country, heads of diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan abroad, the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of UN agencies, the Special Representative of t...

On 5-6 December 2024, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Myahri Bashimova took part in the 31st meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, held in Valletta, Republic of Malta. This key event annually brings together representatives of the 57 OSCE member states, and this year it was attended by foreign ministers of more than 30 states. Plenary sessions and several side events were held over the course of two days. One of the main topics of discussion was the current...

On December 5, 2024, upon the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Chairwoman of the Mejlis (Parliament) D. Gulmanova received credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sultanate of Oman to Turkmenistan Saif Bin Rashid Bin Saif Aljahwari. On behalf of the President of Turkmenistan, the Head of the National Parliament congratulated the diplomat on his appointment to the responsible post, wishing him success in the responsible missi...

On December 5, 2024, the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation. Expressing gratitude to the President of Uzbekistan for the initiative of holding the telephone conversation, the National Leader of Turkmen people emphasized that bilateral meetings and talks are a vivid expression of brotherly relations between the Turkmen and Uzbe...

On December 5, 2024, a meeting of States parties to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the theme “Strengthening cooperation among existing nuclear-weapon-free zones”. The meeting was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty. Turkmenistan is hosting this meeting in the framework of its chairmanship of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone T...