From May 20 to 21, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy was on a working visit to Paris at the invitation of the leadership of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). During the visit, the Turkmen delegation was received by OECD Director General Angel Guria, and a number of bilateral meetings were organized with other leaders of the organization. During the meetings, the parties discussed the possibilities of establishing cl...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and foreign trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó after meeting the MFA Turkmenistan, answered the questions of journalists: Today you have met with President of Turkmenistan, what topics were given main attention? How do you assess the state of the relations between our countries? - «Hungary considers Central Asia, and especially Turkmenistan as a very important country of the region from the viewpoint of the European security. At the meeting with the Turkmen leader...

On May 20, 2019, the OSCE regional seminar “Towards regional economic interconnectedness - national trade and transport facilitation mechanisms” began its work in Ashgabat. The seminar, organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat with the assistance of the Turkmen side, was attended by the leaders and representatives of the OSCE, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan. In addition, representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as international exper...

On the 20th of May 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  During the visit, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with his Hungarian counterpart was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan.    During the talks, the parties discussed multilateral and regional cooperation of Turkmenistan and Hungary in the framework of reputable international organizations.  Also, an exchange of views held pl...

On the 17th of May 2019, Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Malaysia presented the letter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to the Secretary General of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Lim Jock Hoi on his appointment as the representative of the country near this organization.   After submitting the letter, the Ambassador and the Secretary General held a bilateral meeting, during which Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi proposed to organize joint events with the...

On the 18th of May 2019, the Seventh Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue was held in the city residence of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in Dushanbe. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Chingiz Aidarbekov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kami...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr. Taro Kono   First of all, I express great pleasure that I can set foot on land of Central Asia for the first time after taking the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Today I take part in the 7th Session of the Foreign Ministers in the framework of the dialog “Central Asia + Japan” in Dushanbe and looking forward to discussions with the issues of the future cooperation at this platform. Since the moment the Central Asian states obtained in...