During the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on December 5, 2023, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected to the Commission on Population and Development for the term 2024-2028. With strong support from the Council’s members, Turkmenistan now extends its membership in the Commission for the next consecutive period continuing its terms of 2016-2020 and 2020-2024. As one of ECOSOC's ten functional commissions, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) a...

On December 7, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiev accepted copies of credentials of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zimbabwe to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tehran) Bright Kupemba. The Deputy Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post and confirmed the readiness of the Turkmen side to provide support and assistance in fulfilling his diplomatic mission to strengthen Turkmen-Zimbabwean rel...

On December 7, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiev accepted copies of credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tehran) Badr Abdullah al-Munikh. The Deputy Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post and confirmed the readiness of the Turkmen side to provide support and assistance in fulfilling his diplomatic mission to strengthen Turkmen-Kuwaiti...

On December 7, 2023, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Thomas Schuller-Götzburg and the head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society Neda Berger, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit . During the meeting, an interested exchange of views took place on the state of Turkmen-Austrian cooperation in the political-diploma...

On December 5, 2023, the ceremony of presenting the credentials by Ambassador N.Golliyev to the President of Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov was held in “Ala-Archa” Presidential Residence in Bishkek. In the framework of the ceremony, Ambassador conveyed the warm greetings and best wishes to the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gur...

The delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov took part in the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian states held in Moscow on December 5, 2023. In his speech, the head of the Turkmen delegation named sea level decline as a pressing problem requiring close study, attention and an integrated approach. In this regard, he focused on the need to create a five-party working group, the purpose of which should be...

On December 5, 2023, the 10th Turkmen-American business forum was held in Ashgabat, which was attended by leaders and representatives of relevant government and business structures of Turkmenistan and the United States of America. The forum demonstrated the focus of Turkmenistan and the United States of America on the further progressive development of mutually beneficial cooperation that meets common interests. The US delegation, headed by Executive Director of the Turkmenistan-US Busines...