On December 13, 2018 in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Holy See (with the residence in Geneva) Atageldi Haldjanov presented his credentials to the Head of the Vatican, His Holiness Pope Francis. During the brief conversation, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan conveyed warm greetings and best wishes on behalf of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed to Pope Francis. Thanking for the kind words on b...

On December 12, 2018 there was a meeting with Ukrainian delegation, headed by the advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Victor Anatolyevich Mayko, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the head of the delegation warmly congratulated Turkmen side with the celebration of the International Day of Neutrality. The Turkmen side in turn expressed gratitude to the esteemed advisor for his participating in the events, dedicated to the celebrat...

Congress Centre of the capital gave concert of Turkmen and foreign art masters on occasion of the International Neutrality Day.  The concert has brought together the members of the Government, heads of the Mejlis, military and law enforcement agencies, public organizations, heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Ashgabat, ambassadors of Turkmenistan to foreign countries, representatives of ministries and departments, educational institutes and mass media, c...

On December 11, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov, held talks with the delegation of the United States of America led by the US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad. During the meeting, noting the positive results of joint cooperation in enhancing bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and the United States of America, the sides expressed interest in their further diversification. After exchanging views on the development of the political s...

On December 11, 2018 in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan there was an opening ceremony of the international scientific conference "The heritage of the Great Silk Road and present international relations" and the exhibition dedicated to the International Neutrality Day. The conference was attended by the deputies of the Mejlis, heads of the ministries and departments, diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of...

On December 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation led by Ms. Ashita Mittal, Regional Representative for Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side thanked the UNODC regional representative for accepting an invitation to participate in the events dedicated to International Neutrality Day and the active participat...

On December 10, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow), Mr.Ihab Ahmet Talaat Nasr, who arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties expressed their commitment to the development of bilateral relations. After exchanging the opinions related to the development of friendly relations bet...