On September 11, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Turkmenistan, Mr. Francois Delaus, who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side expressed gratitude to the Ambassador for his personal contribution to the development of Turkmen-French relations and productive work in various areas of interaction. The Ambassador of France,...

On September 10, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Having warmly greeted each other, the Turkmen leader and the Head of the Japanese Government expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to discuss in a personal conversation the state and prospects of interstate relations based on the principles of mutual respect and mutual goodwill of the parties. Thanking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

On September 8, 2020, the presentation ceremony of the new book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov entitled “Traditions of Turkmen Statehood” was held in the Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Turkmenistan.  The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, executive staff, as well as the faculty members and students of the higher educational institutions and scientific centers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of the dipl...

On September 8, 2020, the second round of international negotiations of the Energy Charter Treaty Modernization Group started. The meeting of the participants, which takes place in the videoconference mode, will end on Friday, September 11 this year. Heads and representatives of a number of relevant ministries and departments of the country, including the State Concerns "Turkmennebit" and "Turkmengaz," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Adalat (Justice), Ministry of Finance and Economy,...

On September 2, 2020 the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized three-day online seminar under the title “Membership in the World Trade Organization as a balance of rights and obligations”. The event aims to present best practices of OSCE participating States in going through the WTO negotiation process and will facilitate discussions on possible steps for further expansion of the national trade policy. The seminar brought together representatives of a number of Turkmenistan’s ministries, inclu...

On September 2, 2020, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Chingiz Aidarbekov. The talks took place via videoconferencing.  During the constructive conversation, the heads of MFAs considered the agenda of bilateral relations, as well as exchanged views concerning the preparations to the Third Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of the Central Asian region to be held in the c...

On September 2, 2020, a videoconference meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Acting Chairman of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ajmal Ahmadi. During the constructive meeting, the parties focused on the need to further strengthen and develop ties across all ranges of mutually beneficial Turkmen-Afghan cooperation. As is known, Turkmenistan invariably stands for the creation of the necessary socio-economic, in...