On December 7, 2024, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov and the delegation headed by the Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Aliabadi. During the meeting, the current state and prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation based on the principles of good-neighborliness and mutual benefit were discussed. It was stated that trustful dialog on the highest state level serves as the ke...

On December 2, 2024, during the 43rd plenary meeting of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, the resolution submitted by Turkmenistan on behalf of the Central Asian countries “Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia” was adopted. Presenting the draft resolution, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations A. Atayeva thanked the UN Member States for supporting the project and emphasized that the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia is an...

On December 6, 2024, the third meeting of the “Turkmenistan-UN” Strategic Advisory Council was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the relevant Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of the ministries and departments of the country, heads of diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan abroad, the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of UN agencies, the Special Representative...

On 5-6 December 2024, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Myahri Bashimova took part in the 31st Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held in Valletta, Republic of Malta. This key event annually gathers representatives of 57 OSCE Member States, and this year it was attended by foreign ministers from more than 30 countries. Plenary sessions and several side events were held over two days. One of the main...

On 3 December 2024, upon the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Chairwoman of the Mejlis D. Gulmanova received credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to Turkmenistan Ms. Ekaterini Xagorari. On behalf of the Head of State, the Chair of the National Parliament congratulated the diplomat on her appointment to the responsible post, wishing success in her noble mission to strengthen the traditional...

On 3 December 2024, a meeting with the delegation of the Italian Republic headed by Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Federico Failla was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The agenda included discussion of the Draft Action Plan for the establishment of multilateral cooperation networks between the countries of Central Asia and Italy. The development of this project was agreed upon by the heads of foreign ministries i...

On 3 December 2024, within the framework of participation of the of delegation of Turkmenistan in the 28th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Gurbanov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Abbas Araghchi. During the meeting, the sides discussed the practical implementation of the agreements reached at the highest level during the previous events held in the fr...