On March 30, 2021, the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs within the framework of the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process was held in a hybrid format in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by the heads and representatives of the external affairs agencies of the countries-participants of the Istanbul Process and supporting countries. In addition the representatives of international organizations took part in the conference. During the meeting a video...

On March 30, 2021, a working meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Moscow. During the session, the current state and prospects of further cooperation of two countries in economic, trade, cultural-humanitarian and other fields was considered.   The Co-chair of Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation from the Russian side, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation A.Overchuk has noted in his speech the positive...

On the 29th of March 2021, the International Peace and Trust Youth Forum organized jointly by the Government of Turkmenistan and the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan was held in the Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Turkmenistan in the hybrid format. The Forum was convened with the aim of implementing the UN General Assembly Resolution proclaiming the year 2021 as the International Year of Peace and Trust.   The representatives of the Mejlis (Parliament),...

On the 25th of March 2021, a meeting via videoconferencing was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Chairman of the Japanese-Turkmen Committee on Economic Cooperation, Managing Executive Officer of “ITOCHU Corporation” Hiroyuki Tsubai.  The Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities of Turkmenistan Rahimberdi Jepbarov and the Corporate Officer of Japanese Company “SUMITOMO Corporation” Gota Iwanami also took part in the meeting. ...

On the 25th of March 2021, the eighth session of the High-level Group on Facilitating Trade and Investments in the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the format of a videoconference. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of K.A.Kurbanov, while the Russian side was led by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation D.V.Volvach. The parties discu...

On the 25th of March 2021, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan organized an online briefing entitled “The Peace Process of Afghanistan: Current State, Challenges and Solutions”. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, Head of the Afghan Government’s Peace Negotiation Team Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Khan Wali Khan Basharmal, as well as the representatives of t...

During today’s meeting of the Inter-departmental Commission on the Implementation of International Obligations of Turkmenistan in the area of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, a wide range of issues related to further implementation of the humanitarian policy of the country was discussed. During the discussion of the draft of the National Action Plan in the area of Human Rights in Turkmenistan for 2021-2025, the UN representatives highly appraised the level of cooperation with...