On 12 October 2026, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Bäşimowa met with Pilvi Torsti, Director of the European Training Foundation, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the fifth meeting of the High-Level Group of the DARYA programme, scheduled for 13–14 October 2026. The sides discussed prospects for cooperation in education and vocational training, with particular attention to modernising the vocational education system, promoting practice-oriented learning,...

On October 9, 2026, a meeting took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and the Deputy Regional Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for Central Asia Ennio Boati. During the meeting, the parties noted the effectiveness of the cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, particu...

Turkmenistan once again serves as a venue for major international events of profound significance at both the regional and global levels. On 9 October 2026, the First Caspian Environmental Summit was held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone. The meeting, chaired by President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, was attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jo...

The meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) took place today in the National Tourist Zone “Avaza”. The meeting was attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, P...

On October 8, 2026, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in the "Avaza" National Tourist Zone. President Tokayev had arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in high-level events. The Head of State warmly welcomed his Kazakh counterpart, thanking him for accepting the invitation to visit Turkmenistan to participate in the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, the meeting...

On October 8, 2026, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in high-level events held within the framework of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States. In the National Tourist Zone “Avaza”, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic will participate in the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS.

On 7 October 2026, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The Head of Turkmenistan sincerely congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his birthday and wished him strong health, happiness and well-being, as well as great success in his state activities for the benefit of the people of Russia. The President of Turkmenistan expressed sincere gratitude to the President of the Russ...