On April 30, 2020, the online meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev with the Regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, Chief of IOM Missions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Zeynal Hajiyev was held. During the meeting, the parties discussed the key vectors of cooperation of Turkmenistan with the IOM, in the context of joint implementation of the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan on the provision...

On April 30, 2020, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, during which the parties discussed the current state and perspectives of development of bilateral cooperation. At the same time, the need for rapid implementation of the agreements attained between the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Repu...

On April 29, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani. Presidents Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Hassan Rouhani exchanged mutual congratulations on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, addressing the wishes of peace, prosperity and well-being to the peoples of both countries. During the telephone conversation, the interlocutors praised the interstate dialogue, whic...

On April 27, 2020, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov held a meeting with the representatives of the United Nations and its structural agencies working in Turkmenistan. The meeting was focused on the main topic of the recent telephone conversation between the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres. As the chief of the external political agency has mentioned, the President of Turkmenistan and th...

On April 27, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan     R. Meredov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Turkmenistan Mr. Diego Ruiz Alonso. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties noted the positive development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EU in recent years. The current state and prospects for the development of multilateral partnership in the framework of priority projects and strategies were reviewed. In additi...

On April 24, 2020, a meeting through videoconferencing with the experts of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan. From the Turkmen side, the heads and representatives of a number of ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the State Customs Service, Mejlis, Central Bank, Agencies “Turkmenawtoulaglary,” “Turkmendemiryollary” and “Turkmendenizderyayollary,” as well as the representatives of Turkmen Association of International Automobile C...

On April 21, 2020, during the work of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), elections were held to a number of Council structures. Turkmenistan was elected to two of its important bodies: the UN Commission on Social Development for the period 2021-2025 and the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development for 2021-2024. The election of Turkmenistan to two important bodies of the UN Economic and Social Council is another evidence of the growing authority of our cou...