Today, on November 28, on the Day of Formation of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the 15th Summit of the Leaders of the ECO Member States was held in Ashgabat under the chair of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. As is known, in 2021, Turkmenistan chairs the Economic Cooperation Organization. The chairmanship of our state was adopted on March 4 of this year at the 14th ECO leaders' Summit, which took place in Turkey online. The Heads of state and government o...

During his speech at the 15th ECO Summit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also touched upon energy issues, highlighted the importance of expanding the transport and communication sphere. “Among the priority directions of the ECO, Turkmenistan sees the development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres,” the Head of state noted. He stressed that at present, these segments of the partnership objectively act as a defining trend in global economic growth. In thi...

On November 27, 2021, a state visit of the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Turkmenistan at the invitation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has started. Tomorrow, on November 28 the Head of the fraternal country will take part at the 15th Summit of the Heads of the Member-States of the ECO which will be chaired by Turkmenistan.

On November 27, 2021 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Ashgabat to participate in which the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the ECO member-countries arrived to Turkmen capital. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov. At the Meeting, the former ECO Chairman, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoglu made his inaugural remarks. Then the floor w...

On November 26, 2021, there was a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu, who arrived at Turkmenistan to take part in the Council of Ministers Meeting (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). During the meaningful conversation, the Ministers substantively discussed actual themes of bilateral agenda. The significance of strengthening of interrelations of the two count...

On November 12, 2021, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held high-level talks on the platform of the VIII Summit of Heads of State of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States in Istanbul. Further development and comprehensive strengthening of political and diplomatic interaction, intensification of cooperation in trade and economic sphere, as well as expansion of joint activities in scientific, educational...

On November 12, 2021, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov departed for a working visit to Istanbul, Turkey to participate at the Eighth Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council). The current Summit with the theme “Green Technologies and Smart Cities in the Digital Age” was attended by the Heads of the participating states, Secretary General of the Turkic Council and Prime Minister of Hungary, which is an observer state. The Head of Turkmen...