THE DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT IN BAKU On April 5-6, 2018, an interim ministerial conference of the Non-Aligned Movement on the topic "Promotion of international peace and security for the sake of sustainable development" was held in Baku. On April 3-4, 2018, in order to prepare for the ministerial conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, a senior officials meeting had been held. The ministerial conference was attended by representa...

TURKMENISTAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA DISCUSSED PROSPECTS OF COOPERATION On April 7, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Lee Yong-ho, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, analyzing the current state of relations between Turkmenistan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the parties expressed th...

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE CIS COUNTRIES IN MINSK On April 6, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S.G.Berdimuhamedov took part in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk. During the meeting, the heads of the foreign ministries of the Commonwealth countries discussed the priority directions of interstate cooperation in the p...

AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA TO TURKMENISTAN PRESENTED COPIES OF HIS CREDENTIALS On 4 April 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Astana) Mr. Heiti Mäemees who arrived on a working visit to the Turkmen capital. During the meeting, the Ambassador presented copies of his credentials. Then the parties exchanged views on expanding t...

TURKMENISTAN AND THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN HELD POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS On April 4-5, 2018 the delegation of Turkmenistan arrived to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on a working visit. On the 4th of April, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan were held in Amman. During the consultations, the current status and future directions of further development of the relations between Turkmenistan and the Hashe...

OSCE EXPERTS NOTED EFFECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF TURKMENISTAN IN COMBATING THREATS AND CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME On April 3, 2018, a two-day seminar of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, dedicated to the topic of the multilateral approach to combating the threats of extremism and radicalism in the modern world started its work in Ashgabat. Representatives of various ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, public organizations, international experts on combating organized c...

TURKMEN-IRAQI POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS HELD IN BAGHDAD On April 2, 2018, Turkmen-Iraqi political consultations were held in the city of Baghdad on the level of the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two countries. The delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan arrived on a working visit to the Republic of Iraq to participate in the consultations. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties made an analysis of the implementation of the agreements reached at the fi...