The delegation of Turkmenistan attended the 24th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, which was held on December 7-8 in Vienna, Austria. Heads of the ministries of foreign affairs from 57 states of the OSCE region and delegations from 11 Partners for Co-operation took part in the Ministerial Council meeting, which was chaired by OSCE Chairman-in-Office S.Kurz, Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Security issues in OSCE participating States, pre...

On December 6, 2017, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held with the delegation of the European Union led by the Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Luke Pierre Devin. The agenda of the meeting included issues of bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interest. Noting Turkmenistan's commitment to developing cooperation with EU institut...

On December 4-5, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov paid a working visit to Moscow, where attended the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caspian littoral states. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan discussed issues of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, as well as documents regulating five-way cooperation in the Caspian in various fields...

On December 5, 2017, the Seventeenth Meeting of the "Turkmenistan-EU" Joint Committee was held in Ashgabat. To attend the meeting, the delegation from the European Union, lead by the Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Luc Pierre Devigne, arrived in the Turkmen capital. During the meeting the sides discussed wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of trade and economics be...

On December 1, 2017, within the framework of the "Heart of Asia" - the Istanbul Process, the VII Ministerial Conference on "Security and Economic Connectivity towards a Strengthened Heart of Asia Region" started in Baku. The delegation of Turkmenistan, led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, took part in the conference. The conference was attended by the representatives of states and organizations that are members of the "Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process" - the President and Minister f...

Offisial representatives of Turkmenistan during held regular meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on 30th November, 2017 made a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Neutrality. The statement noted that on 2nd February, 2017 during the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, a Resolution proclaiming December 12 as the International Day of Neutrality was adopted, which is celebrated for the first time this year....

On November 29, 2017, the ceremonial opening of the Days of Romanian Culture in Turkmenistan was held at the Palace of Mukams of the State Cultural Center. Representatives of creative intelligentsia, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, mass media, student youth took part in the official opening ceremony of the Days of Romanian Culture. The State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and National Identity of Romania, Alexander Oprian, greeted the part...