On December 6, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye, Cevdet Yilmaz, co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Turkish Commission on Economic Cooperation, who arrived in Turkmenistan at the head of his country’s delegation to participate in the seventh meeting of the Commission. Having warmly welcomed the Vice-President of a friendly country to the hospitable Turkmen soil, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov wished the succ...

On December 6, 2023, the 7th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Turkish Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. At the meeting, the delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Batyr Atdayev, the Turkish delegation was headed by Vice-President of the Republic of Türkiye Cevdet Yilmaz. During the meeting, the heads of leading ministries and departments of Turkmenistan and their Turkish partners got acquainted wit...

On December 7, 2023, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Thomas Schuller-Götzburg and the head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society Neda Berger, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit . During the meeting, an interested exchange of views took place on the state of Turkmen-Austrian cooperation in the political-diploma...

During the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on December 5, 2023, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected to the Commission on Population and Development for the term 2024-2028. With strong support from the Council’s members, Turkmenistan now extends its membership in the Commission for the next consecutive period continuing its terms of 2016-2020 and 2020-2024. As one of ECOSOC's ten functional commissions, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) a...

From 5 to 9 December 2023, the 18th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is taking place in Kasane, Republic of Botswana. The delegation of Turkmenistan led by the Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO Ch. Rustemova took part in this session. On December 5, 2023, as part of the event, based on broad consensus, without voting, the above Committee unanimously decided to include the nomin...

On December 5, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Executive Director of the Turkmenistan-US Business Council Eric Stewart. Welcoming the guest, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the development of traditionally friendly relations with the United States of America. Taking this opportunity, the head of state wished the successful holding of the 10th anniversary joint business forum in Ashgabat, expressing confide...

On December 5, 2023, the 10th Turkmen-American business forum was held in Ashgabat, which was attended by leaders and representatives of relevant government and business structures of Turkmenistan and the United States of America. The forum demonstrated the focus of Turkmenistan and the United States of America on the further progressive development of mutually beneficial cooperation that meets common interests. The US delegation, headed by Executive Director of the Turkmenistan-US Busines...