On November 23, 2020, the 8th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Korean Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation (IGC) was held in online format. At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan M.Meredov, and the Korean delegation was headed by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea, Sung Yun Mo. During the meeting, the participants discussed a wide range o...

On November 19, 2020, a joint meeting through videoconferencing of the heads of the ministries and departments of the Central Civil Defense and Emergency Situations Services of Turkmenistan and the heads of UN agencies was held to approve the priorities of cooperation for 2021. The meeting discussed the priority issues of joint activities in the field of disaster risk reduction and increased emergency preparedness for 2021, including strengthening interagency coordination and the implementati...

On November 19, 2020, the presentation of the book of the President of Turkmenistan “Traditions of Turkmen Statehood” in Japanese was held at the Oguz Khan Engineering and Technological University of Turkmenistan. The new edition has become a kind of gift for the public studying the Japanese language on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality. The presentation was attended by chief editors of print media, rectors, faculty and students of the capital's univers...

On November 18, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.  During the conversation, the heads of states expressed satisfaction with the high level of bilateral ties, as well as the constructive collaboration in the framework of regional and international structures.    The parties considered the political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian aspects of re...

On November 18, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met via videoconferencing with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden, Ms. Ann Linde. During the constructive conversation, the diplomats discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, exchanged views on the regional and international agenda. Also, the heads of the Foreign Ministries of the two countries expressed mutual interest in intensifying contacts in the political-diplomatic, trade-ec...

On November 18, 2020, the eighth meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Council of the CIS member states was held in the format of videoconference. At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Secretary of the State Security Council of Turkmenistan Ch.Amanov. The meeting was also attended by the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary S. Lebedev, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organizati...

During today’s 16th Central Asia - EU Ministerial Meeting, the key issues of regional and international agenda were discussed. The Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan noted the active role of Turkmenistan in addressing the global challenges, as well as strengthening multilateral regional and international cooperation.      Thus, the firm commitment of Turkmenistan to the initiatives in the area of energy security, use of ecofriendly energy,...