On March 21, 2025, during the 61st plenary meeting of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, the Resolution “Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan” was adopted under Agenda item 61 “Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping” by consensus. Introducing the Resolution, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Aksoltan Atayeva emphasized that the status of permanent neutrality is the basis of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy and the foundation for implementation of the country’s bala...

On March 19, 2025, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan hosted the International Conference “International Year of Peace and Trust: the Role of Interregional Economic Cooperation in Ensuring Sustainable Development”, which attracted dozens of guests from around the world to Ashgabat. The conference was attended by members of the Government, heads and representatives of ministries and industry departments of Turkmenistan, heads of the diplomatic corps in Turkmenistan, represent...

On March 20, 2025, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Mohamed Hamel. During the meeting, the sides discussed the current situation on global energy markets, as well as interaction between organizations and specialized structures. The presence of vast potential for developing effective partnership in the gas sector was emphasized. An interested exchange of views took place on the issues of Tur...

4On March 19, 2025, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during which they discussed the possibilities of deepening the traditional interstate cooperation, which has been successfully developing all these years on a bilateral and multilateral basis. Having warmly greeted each other, Hero-Arkadag and the h...

On March 17-19, 2025, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov visited the Swiss Confederation. During the visit, political consultations were held with Muriel Peneveyre, Head of the Eurasia Division of the State Secretariat of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. During the talks, the parties discussed the current level of cooperation between the two countries in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, and cultural and humanitarian fields....

On March 18, 2025, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko. First of all, Hero-Arkadag thanked the speaker of the upper house of the Parliament of the Russian Federation for her great personal contribution to strengthening friendship and strategic partnership...

On February 14, 2025, a meeting took place between the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva, Vepa Hajiyev, and Nicolas Ramseier, co-founder of the Geneva Center for Neutrality. During the discussions, the parties explored avenues for cooperation in promoting the principles of neutrality in international relations. Ambassador Hajiyev emphasized that Turkmenistan, as a country with a unique status of Permanent Neutrality, consistently advocates for the peaceful re...