As a responsible member of the international community, Turkmenistan, consistently puts forward new international initiatives aimed at achieving the high ideals and goals of the United Nations. The upcoming 81st session of the UN General Assembly is envisioned to serve as an important platform for consolidating the international community’s efforts to address current issues of peacebuilding, international security, and sustainable development. Being an active participant in international proc...

On 12 August 2026, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Turkmenistan Beata Pexa. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects for further development of Turkmenistan–European Union cooperation, as well as on topical issues of the international and regional agenda. The sides emphasized the importance of consistent political dialogue and construct...

On August 10, 2026, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, made a working visit to the Mary velayat. As part of this visit, he traveled to the Islim-Cheshme border zone in the Serhetabat Etrap, from where he embarked on a working trip to Afghanistan. Here, at the request of representatives of the neighboring state’s younger generation, the Hero-Arkadag took a commemorative group photo with them and presented them w...

On August 5, 2026, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received Ignazio Cassis, Vice President of the Swiss Confederation – which currently holds the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Expressing his sincere gratitude for the hospitality shown, the Swiss Vice President and foreign policy chief emphasized the OSCE's immense interest in expanding constructive cooperation with Turkmenistan, a nation a...

On August 5, 2026, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with Ignazio Cassis, Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). During the meeting, the parties discussed current issues related to the OSCE, the further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Organization, and the strengthening of interactio...

On August 2, 2026, a conference was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the resolution “Year of International Law, 2028,” initiated by Turkmenistan. The event was attended by the leadership and staff members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, researchers and faculty members of the Turkmenistan Institute of State, Law, and Democracy, Magtymguly Turkmen State University, the International Un...

On July 31, 2026, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov paid a working visit to the Kyrgyz Republic to participate in the Informal Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Early in the morning, the head of Turkmenistan arrived at the capital's International Airport, from where he departed for the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan. At the airport, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was seen off by officials. Sometime later, the presidential plane landed...