On May 23, 2022, on the sidelines of the session held in Tehran on reforms and prospects for cooperation in the region of the Economic Cooperation Organization, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V. Hajiyev and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mehdi Safari. During the talks, the parties discussed the expansion of economic cooperation, primarily in the fields of energy, transport and transit. V. Hajiyev spo...

On May 23, 2022, the next meeting of the Brainstorming Session on the reform process and prospects for cooperation in the ECO region began at the ECO Secretariat in Tehran. The meeting is held at the level of Deputy Foreign Ministers. The delegation of Turkmenistan at the meeting is headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V. Hajiyev. The high-level meeting, opened by ECO Secretary General Khusrav Noziri, includes a plenary session and two working rounds. The session is aimed at con...

On May 23, 2022 Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Turkmenistan Ms. Isabelle Guinel. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the status of bilateral relations. Their consistent character that touches political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian spheres and investment partnership was highlighted. The interlo...

On May 22, 2022, a meeting of the Ministers of Health of the Central Asian countries was held in the building of the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva, with the participation of Dr. Hans Kluge, Regional Director for Europe of the World Health Organization. High government delegations from the countries of Central Asia took part in the meeting. During the meeting, specific issues and areas of cooperation were discussed, including the development and promotion of t...

On May 16-20, 2022, the 31st session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) was held in a hybrid format in Vienna. The session was attended by representatives from 130 countries and 55 non-governmental organizations, including the delegation of Turkmenistan. The session was opened by the Chairperson of ECOSOC, the Executive Director of UNODC, the Executive Director of UN Women and the Chairperson of the CCPCJ. They highlighted the challenges of the Kyoto Declara...

On May 20, 2022, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar, who arrived in our country. Thanking for the time devoted to the meeting and the opportunity to discuss certain issues of interstate cooperation in a personal conversation, the guest conveyed warm greetings from the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who addressed the head of Turkmenistan with the wishes of success in state activities a...

On May 17, 2022, the head of the delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE met with the Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Ms. Margareta Cederfelt. During the meeting, the parties touched upon the issues on the Organization's agenda, in particular the situation in Afghanistan and reforming the OSCE. Ms. M. Sederfelt noted that the OSCE PA attaches great importance to cooperation with Turkmenistan, noting the importance of maintaining peace and security in the region. The Presiden...