On November 28, 2024, representatives of Turkmenistan took part in the 28th special session of the General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) via videoconference. The Turkmen side, which chairs the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, was invited to the event as an observer. During the session, the Secretary General of OPANAL spoke, reports of the Council of this agency, as well as speeches by represe...

On November 28, 2024, the International Conference "Cooperation to Ensure Food Security in the Context of Climate Change" was held at the Yildiz Hotel in Ashgabat. The forum, held in a hybrid format, was attended by heads of relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, representatives of international organizations and financial institutions, experts, and media representatives. The main goal of the conference is to coordinate regional and global cooperation to ensure food security...

On 28 November 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with Assistant Director-General, Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viorel Gutu. During the meeting, key aspects of Turkmenistan’s interaction with FAO were discussed. The parties also exchanged views on the development and implementation of joint projects and programs. The importance of the Second Conference on Food Secur...

From 26 to 28 November 2024, the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) Economic Forum on the topic “Green development in the SPECA region” and the 19th session of the SPECA Governing Council were held in Dushanbe as part of SPECA 2024 Days. The forum and session were attended by representatives of the governments of Member States, UN agencies and programmes, relevant international and regional organizations, financial institutions, as well as the private s...

On 28 November 2024, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Executive Secretary of the International Centre for Transport Diplomacy (ICTD) Igor Runov. The sides emphasized the importance of the high-level meeting of the Group of Friends for Sustainable Transport in Ashgabat in the framework of the International Conference and Exhibition «International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnectivity and De...

On 27-28 November 2024, the Second Ashgabat conference “Parliamentary Diplomacy in the OSCE Area: Dialogue as a Tool for Building Bridges for a Secure and Peaceful Future” was held at the Yyldyz Hotel in Ashgabat. The event was organized by the Mejlis of Turkmenistan jointly with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA). The conference was attended by the Chairman and deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, President of the OSCE PA, Sp...

On 27 November 2024, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pia Kauma, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the second Ashgabat conference “Parliamentary Diplomacy in the OSCE Area: Dialogue as a Tool for Building Bridges for a Secure and Peaceful Future”. Thanking the head of state for the time devoted for the meeting, Ms. Pia Kauma noted that the OSCE attaches great importance to the development of interaction with neutral Turkmeni...