On October 19, 2026, a meeting was held in Samarkand between Rashid Meredov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, and Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States of America. The heads of the foreign ministries of the two countries positively assessed the efforts undertaken by both sides to expand mutually beneficial cooperation. In this context, it was noted that the C5+1 Summit of Heads of State, held in Washington in November 2025, marked an important milestone in consolida...

On October 17–18, 2026, the 52nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq, with a delegation from Turkmenistan in attendance. During the session, participants addressed pressing issues on the international and regional agenda, the strengthening of peace and security and the expansion of political, trade-economic, and humanitarian cooperation among the Organization’s member states. A significant outc...

On October 16, 2026, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov participated in the Leaders’ Summit held in the Republic of Armenia as part of the Conference on Biological Diversity. Having concluded his visit to a neighboring country, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov traveled from Baku to the Republic of Armenia to attend the Leaders’ Summit. The presidential aircraft landed at Yerevan International Airport, where the distinguished guest from Turkmenistan was warmly welcomed by officials from the Rep...

On 15 October 2026, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov departed on a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to participate in the regular Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). At Heydar Aliyev International Airport, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was welcomed by officials of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as members of the official delegation of Turkmenistan. At the Baku Congress Centre, the Head of State was warmly...

The 77th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) took place in Geneva (Swiss Confederation) from October 12 to 16, 2026. Turkmenistan was represented at this international forum by A. Sazakov, the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan. On October 12, during the plenary session, the head of the Turkmen delegation underlined in his statement that the humanitarian dimension serves as th...

On 15 October 2026, on the sidelines of the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku, a meeting was held between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on key issues on the regional and international agenda, as wel...

On 14 October 2026, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia, Eduards Stiprais. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on current issues of Turkmenistan–European Union cooperation and discussed further avenues for its development, taking into account the existing potential and mutual interests of both parties. Particular attention was paid to strengthening political-diplomatic engagement...