On June 23, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the newly appointed Director of the Permanent Representation of the Asian Bank of Development (ABR) in Turkmenistan Artur Andrysiak. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the issues of current state of relations between Turkmenistan and the Asian Bank of Development and their prospects. The sides named energy, industry, transport, trade, banking sphere and some others as the direct...

On June 23, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Charge d'Affaires of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan Mohammad Fazel Saber. Addressing the Afghan diplomat, the head of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry stressed that Turkmenistan had received the news of the devastating earthquake in the Afghan provinces of Khost and Paktika with deep sorrow and expressed sincere condolences and feelings of empathy to the people of this country. The head of the Ministry o...

On June 21, 2022, an online meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Executive Secretary of the UN International Center for Transport Diplomacy (ICTD) Igor Runov. During a constructive conversation, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of interaction aimed at improving the interconnectedness between countries by improving the transport infrastructure in the country and in the region. The head of the Turkmen Ministry of Foreign...

On June 20, 2022, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received member of the board, President of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Hou Qijun. Expressing sincere gratitude to the Head of state for the time spent, the head of CNPC confirmed the interest of the Chinese partners in strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation with Turkmenistan, built on a long-term basis. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov stressed that neutral Turkmenistan, consistently pursuing an "open d...

On June 16, 2022, the Second Regional Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals in the countries of Central Asia began its work in Almaty on the theme “Beyond COVID - Towards Just Recovery in Central Asia”. The summit was organized by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Kazakhstan with the financial support of the European Union and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy...

On June 15, 2022, high-level talks were held in the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, where President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived on an official visit the day before. After the official meeting ceremony and photographing against the background of national flags, the Presidents of the two countries met in a one-to-one format. The agenda included key areas of interstate cooperation, opening up new opportunities for mutually beneficial efforts, as well as topical issu...

On the same day, the meeting of the President of Turkmenistan with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took place at the residence of the Supreme Spiritual Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in which President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi also took part. Warmly and cordially welcoming Head of state Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Supreme Spiritual Leader of Iran noted with satisfaction the high level of centuries old and actively developing at the present stage of good neighborly interstate relations based on the...