On January 17, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with Archbishop Theophylact, administrator of the parishes of the Patriarchal Deanery in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the further development of bilateral humanitarian ties. In this context, Archbishop Theophylact expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side for the favorable conditions created for the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Turkmenistan.

On January 16-17, 2023, the round of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic was held in the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev, and the French side was headed by Deputy Director of the Department of Continental Europe of the French Foreign Ministry Sylvain Guiaugue. Within the framework of...

Today, on January 16, 2023, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Inger Andersen was held via videoconference. During the meeting, the parties discussed the main directions and prospects for cooperation in the field of environmental protection, climate change, ecology and rational use of natural resources. The fruitfulness of the long-term cooperation of Turkmenistan with th...

On January 11, 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Italian Republic to Turkmenistan Luigi Ferrari, who presented his credentials to the head of state. The diplomat conveyed warm greetings from the President of his country, Sergio Mattarella, who addressed the wishes of happiness and prosperity to all the Turkmen people, emphasizing that the development of a long-term partnership with dynamically developing Turk...

On January 9, 2023, with the participation of the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, employees of the diplomatic service of Turkmenistan, representatives of the Central Council of the Magtymguly Youth Organization of Turkmenistan, the academic staff and students of the institute, was organized an event dedicated to the motto of 2023 “Happy Youth with Arkadag Serdar”, which determined the topic of the meeting, as well as the key trend in the development of Turkmenistan - rel...

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....