On January 8-10, 2023, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh Gulshat Mammedova participated in the 13th plenary session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in Antalya, Türkiye. Delegations from 27 countries participated in the session, held on the theme "Promoting multilateralism in a changing international dynamic." At the opening ceremony the speeches by the Secretary General of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly Mohammad Reza Majidi...

On January 9, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran for Economic Diplomacy Mahdi Safari in the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan. A wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres was discussed at the meeting. The parties noted the importance of meetings at the highest and high levels in expanding bilateral friendly relations....

The final document of the International Conference "Dialogue is a Guarantee of Peace", held in Ashgabat on December 11, 2022 in the frames of the Ashgabat International Week, was published in the six official languages of the UN (A/77/651) as an official document of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly under paragraph 14 Agenda "Culture of Peace". The document reflects the fundamental goals and principles of the UN Charter, which include obligations to resolve disputes by peaceful mean...

On January 5-6, 2023, the state visit of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the People's Republic of China took place. It should be noted that this is the first foreign visit of the head of state this year, which coincided with the significant date marked on January 6 - the 31st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and China. On January 5, the presidential airplane arrived at the Beijing Capital International Airport, where offic...

On December 26, 2022, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov left for a working visit to the Russian Federation, where he took part in the informal Summit of the leaders of the CIS countries, traditionally held annually in St. Petersburg at the end of the outgoing year. Officials saw the head of state off at the Ashgabat International Airport. A few hours later, the presidential airliner landed at Pulkovo International Airport in St. Petersburg, where President Serdar Berdimuhamedov...

On December 22, 2022, at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a training course was held with the participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Turkey Mekan Ishangulyev, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, and students of the institute within the framework of the Scientific-Methodological Center on Sustainable Development Goals. The lecture was dedicated to...

On December 23, 2022, in the morning, a delegation of Turkmenistan visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), where they met with the president of the agency, Akihiko Tanaka. During the meeting, the importance of training programs in the functioning of JICA was noted, which provide partner countries with the opportunity to acquire practical knowledge based on Japanese experience. The effectiveness of JICA trainings in various areas, such as economics and finance, education, en...