The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Kazakhstan Komekov Toyly handed credentials to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan congratulated the diplomat on the beginning of honorable and responsible mission and emphasized that Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are brother countries and a constructive dialogue is developing between them. Mutual visits of the heads of the two countries last...

On April 7, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Lee Yong-ho, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, analyzing the current state of relations between Turkmenistan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the parties expressed the need for their further intensification. In this context, the parties discussed proposals on the...

On 4 April 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Astana) Mr. Heiti Mäemees who arrived on a working visit to the Turkmen capital. During the meeting, the Ambassador presented copies of his credentials. Then the parties exchanged views on expanding the relations of the countries of the Central Asian region with the countries of Europe. Pa...

In recent days, distorted information about allegedly illegal activities of Turkmenistan's border services with respect to the Iranian vessel has spread in the media of Iran and other countries. The Turkmen side states that on March 21, 2018, the border services of Turkmenistan suppressed an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of narcotic drugs by a group of citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran that violated the state border of Turkmenistan on the motorway boat in Turkmenistan's territori...

On March 6, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Russian Federation led by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexander Gruzdev who arrived in Ashgabat to attend the fifth meeting of the High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Support within the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen -Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation. During the meeting, the parties discussed the results of the...

On March 6, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - the Executive Secretary of the CIS V.Guminsky, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of the mission of CIS observers to monitor the election campaign of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The main topic of discussions was preparations for the forthcoming elections in Turkmenistan on March 25, 2018 of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan. Noting th...

On March 5, 2018, the High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Support, operating under the aegis of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission for Economic Cooperation, began its work in Ashgabat. The delegation of the Russian side included heads of state structures, major enterprises and companies engaged in various industries, as well as members of the High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Support. The main goal of the two-day meeting, organized in accordance with the agreements r...