On February 6, 2024, at the initiative of the Kyrgyz side, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov. The head of state, on behalf of the Turkmen people and on his own behalf, expressed words of sympathy in connection with the accident that occurred at the thermal power plant. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasized that Turkmenistan has sent humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan and, i...

On January 29, 2024, the 87th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) began its work in Geneva, Swiss Confederation. On February 2, 2024, the Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova took part in the session, during which the sixth periodic report of Turkmenistan was considered regarding the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination agains...

On February 6, 2024, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Secretary General of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) Sultanbay Raev. Current issues were put on the agenda of the meeting, and promising vectors of interaction between Turkmenistan and the TURKSOY organization were outlined. During the meeting, it was noted that cultural interaction is the basis for Turkic-speaking countries to build their politi...

On January 29, 2024, in the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Romania, a presentation of the book of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov “Youth is the support of the Motherland” and the announcement of 2024 as the year “Fount of Wisdom Magtymguly Fragi” was organized. The event was attended by representatives of the Embassy of Turkmenistan, Turkmen students studying in Romania. As part of the presentation, the Ambassador noted that the book of the President of Turkmenistan highlig...

On January 27, 2024, a meeting was held between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the managing director of the consulting company “Goetzpartners Emerging Markets GmbH” Vladimir Mathias and the senior advisor of this company Hans Gerd Prödel. At the meeting, issues of further development of bilateral cooperation were discussed, in particular on establishing the construction of industrial facilities in the cit...

On January 27, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a regular meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission to ensure the implementation of Turkmenistan’s international obligations in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law, which was attended by representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, a number of ministries, departments and public organizations of the country. The agenda included a discussion of the results of the work carried out by the Inte...

The outcome document of the International Forum entitled “Dialogue is a guarantee of peace”, which was held in Ashgabat on 11 December 2023, was published and distributed in the six official languages of the UN as an official document of the 78th session of the General Assembly. The full text of the document can be found at the following link https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A/78/694.  The document was issued under the agenda items of the current UNGA session "Culture of peace",...