On June 23, 2025, a meeting was held via videoconference between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Turkmen-Japanese Committee on Economic Cooperation Rashid Meredov and the Chairman of the Japanese-Turkmen Committee on Economic Cooperation, Executive Vice President of Itochu Corporation Hiroyuki Tsubai. During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of further development of bilateral relations. In this regard, it was noted that contacts at high and the highest...

On June 23, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Cultural Attaché of the Vatican Apostolic Nunciature in Turkmenistan, Mr. Andrzej Madej, who is completing his mission in Ashgabat. During the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed gratitude to Mr. Madej for his personal contribution to the advancement of friendly relations between Turkmenistan and the Holy See. In turn, Mr. Madei highly appraised the peacekeeping activities of Turkme...

On June 21-22, 2025, the delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the 51st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was held in Istanbul. During the session, an exchange of views took place on topical issues of political, economic, cultural, humanitarian, and scientific scope. The agenda of the meeting included issues of strengthening peace, security and sustainable development in the OIC member countries, as well as enhancing cooperat...

On June 22, 2025, at the initiative of the American side, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a telephone conversation with the First Deputy Secretary of State of the United States Christopher Landau, during which the parties emphasized the long-term positive experience of bilateral partnership between Turkmenistan and the United States of America in the political, trade-economic, social-cultural and other spheres. The heads of the foreign policy departments of...

Around 50 countries have currently approached Turkmenistan with requests for assistance in facilitating the transit of their citizens departing from Iran. In this regard, Turkmenistan’s border checkpoints have already received more than 2,000 individuals who are citizens of Central Asian countries, Russia, Korea, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and other nations. The Turkmen state is taking the necessary measures to en...

On 17 June 2025, within the framework of the 17th Human Rights Dialogue between Turkmenistan and the European Union, a bilateral meeting was held between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov and Director of the European External Action Service for Asia Paola Pampaloni. The meeting focused on regional security issues, especially in the context of the situation in Afghanistan. The Turkmen side presented its approach based on the principles of neutrality, good neighb...

A meeting of the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Nokerguly Atagulyev and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, was held on the sidelines of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "Russian-Turkmen relations are developing in an environment of partnership and trust. I would like to thank the Turkmen side for the attention paid to the recently held...