On March 19, 2024, in Brussels, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, held meetings with the Executive Vice-Chairman of the European Commission for Economic Affairs, European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas, as well as the EU Commissioner for International Partnership Jutta Urpilainen. Negotiations were also held with the Chairman of the European Parliament delegations for Central Asian...

On March 19, 2024, as part of the visit of the Turkmen delegation to Brussels, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights Olof Skoog. The parties noted the importance of bilateral cooperation mechanisms, the joint Turkmenistan-EU Committee and the Human Rights Dialogue, held alternately in Turkmenistan and Belgium. O.Skoog was familiarized with the measures taken in Turkmenistan in the humanitarian dimension, in particular, the impro...

On March 19, 2024, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan Gismet Fizuli ogly Gezalov. In the context of development of bilateral relations, diplomats discussed a wide range of issues related to the further development of political dialogue between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, the intensification of contacts between foreign ministries, as well as the...

On March 19, 2024, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Turkmenistan  Rouben Kharazian. During the meeting, the diplomats discussed key aspects of the bilateral partnership, exchanged views on developing areas of cooperation, including the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Armenian Commission on Econ...

On March 18, 2024, with the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, and the Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammethan Chakyev, a round table was organized with the European business community on the topic “Turkmenistan and the EU: towards a new economic partnership”. The event brought together more than 120 representatives from various countries in a hybrid format, where opp...

On March 18, 2024, the signing of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Turkmenistan and the EU took place in the building of the Council of the European Union. As part of the ceremony, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU Willem van de Voorde, which was also attended by the Managing Director of the European External Action Service for Eastern Europe, Russia,...

The Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov is on a working visit to Belgium from March 17-19, 2024. During the visit, it is planned to hold meetings with the leadership of the European Commission, the European Council, international organizations based in Brussels, relevant ministries and state agencies, trade and economic structures and business circles of Belgium, as well as a number of European c...