On October 13, 2026, an international training workshop under UNESCO’s "Memory of the World" program, themed "Expanding the Potential of Documentary Diversity," opened in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The primary objective of the workshop is to strengthen international cooperation and enhance the human and technical capacity of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, enabling them to effectively preserve and nominate valuable documentary heritage for inclusion in the international UNESCO "...

On 13 October 2026, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with Director General of the Central and West Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank Leah Gutierrez. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on current issues of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Asian Development Bank, discussed the current state of their engagement and considered opportunities for further expanding the partnership. Particular attention was paid to promising areas of c...

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...