On the 19th of November 2020, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiyev took part in the online meeting on the preparation to the 13th “Central Asia – Republic of Korea” Cooperation Forum planned to be held in the coming days. The consultative meeting was also attended by the deputies of the heads of external policy agencies of the countries of Central Asia and the Republic of Korea. During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the agenda of the upcoming F...

On November 18, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.  During the conversation, the heads of states expressed satisfaction with the high level of bilateral ties, as well as the constructive collaboration in the framework of regional and international structures.    The parties considered the political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian aspects of re...

On November 18, 2020, the eighth meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Council of the CIS member states was held in the format of videoconference. At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Secretary of the State Security Council of Turkmenistan Ch.Amanov. The meeting was also attended by the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary S. Lebedev, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organizati...

On November 18, 2020, the XXXV meeting of the Council for Cultural Cooperation of the CIS Member States was held in videoconferencing format. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Minister of Culture of the country A.Shamuradov. At the meeting, the issues of intensifying the cultural exchange of the countries, the progress of the Main activities of cooperation of the CIS member states in the field of culture for 2016-2020, including the possibility of holding the International E...

During the videoconference with the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament Tatiana Valovaya, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan noted the importance of strengthening international cooperation for the attainment of overall security and reiterated the interest of Turkmenistan in the promotion of the Single Concept of Security.  In the framework of its neutral status, Turkmenistan is ready to contribute to the international effor...

The Joint Communiqué adopted upon the outcomes of the 16th “Central Asia – EU” Ministerial Meeting had a special clause on the significance of the initiatives of Turkmenistan aimed at the enhancement of the role of neutrality policy as a vital and efficient tool for peace building and attainment of unanimous resolutions in the international relations.      In particular, the heads of the external policy agencies of the European Union and the countries of Central Asia welcomed the initiative o...

At the Ministerial Meeting of the European Union and Central Asian countries, the Turkmen side urged the participants to pay due attention to the climate change issues. In this context, the delegation of Turkmenistan noted that each country taking part in the “Central Asia – European Union” format should spend utmost efforts to fulfill the provisions of the Paris Agreement.      In this regard, the determination of Turkmenistan to declare at the Climate Ambition Summit to take place on the...