On April 18, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, João Gomes Cravinho, in Geneva, during which the issues of further development of bilateral relations in the political, diplomatic, trade and economic areas were considered. The parties agreed to prepare a document on foreign policy cooperation between the ministries of the two countries. In addition, on April 18, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the...

On April 20, 2023, at the Sandor Presidential Palace in Budapest, the official ceremony of presenting credentials of H. Amannazarov to the President of Hungary Katalin Novak was held, as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Hungary (with residence in Vienna).   In the framework of the ceremony, the Ambassador conveyed warm greetings and best wishes to the President of Hungary Katalin Novak on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as well...

Today, on April 20, 2023, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with a delegation led by the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia Ambassador Terhi Hakala was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, a wide range of issues was discussed on the current bilateral agenda, as well as on the further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EU in bilateral and multilateral formats. The...

On April 19, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova held talks with the Regional representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Central Asia Hans Friedrich Schodder. During the meeting, it was noted that Turkmenistan, being a party to most of the fundamental international legal documents of the UNHCR system on issues of refugees and stateless persons, in fact confirms its commitment to international obligations...

On April 17, 2023, in Geneva, the delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the ministerial meeting of the countries participating in the United Nations Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), following which a ministerial statement was adopted. Meeting of Ministers of SPECA Participating States 17 April 2023 Geneva, Switzerland                                                                                                               Ministerial Statement  ...

Today, on April 18, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev had a telephone conversation with the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance at the U.S. Department of State Mallory Stewart, during which they discussed security cooperation within various international and regional organizations. The parties paid special attention to the process of implementing the 2011 Vienna Document on confidence- and security-building m...

On April 17, 2023, the Turkmen delegation visiting Geneva held meetings with the heads of a number of international organizations. At the meeting with the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, Director General of the UN Geneva Office T.Valovaya, a wide range of issues related to the strategic partnership of Turkmenistan with the United Nations was discussed. Among them, an important place was given to consideration of problems of security, observance of the non-proliferation regime, and to the...