On April 4, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev met with the Director of the Department for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Special Representative for Afghanistan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development of Great Britain Andrew McCoubrey via videoconference. During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of cooperation on the Afghan problem. Particular emphasis was placed on certain humanitarian issues relating to the s...

In the period of March 29-31, 2023, a delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Myahri Byashimova, arrived on a working visit to New York to participate in a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on the transition to zero waste as a transformative solution in achieving the sustainable development goals. As part of her visit, on March 29, at the UN Headquarters, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with Assistant Secretar...

On March 30, 2023, cultural and scientific activities in Korea continued at the Hankuk University of the foreign languages in Seoul. The program of the event included performances by Turkmen artists, a screening of a Turkmen film in Korean called "At-myrat", dedicated to the Akhal-Teke horses. In addition, an exhibition was opened in the foyer of the university, where portraits and books of the great Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi, as well as works of arts and crafts and museum val...

On March 29, 2023, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov accepted the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov. The head of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry conveyed heartfelt greetings from the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the head of state, as well as to the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who addressed the wishes of well-being and prosperity to all Turkmen citizens. The President of Turkmenistan, in turn, convey...

On March 28, 2023, the President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Turkmenistan Ismail Khaldi, who presented his credentials to the head of state. The diplomat conveyed warm greetings and best wishes from the President of Israel Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Thanking for the kind words and conveying greetings and best wishes to the top leadership of Israel, the President of Turkmen...

On March 27, 2023, the head of the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan held a briefing during which it was announced that the elections of deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, members of the Halk Maslahaty and Gengeshes, which had taken place the day before, had been successful. The event was attended by representatives of local and foreign media, as well as international observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Organization of Turkic States,...

On March 24, 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Sergei Lebedev, who heads the Mission of Observers from the CIS for the upcoming elections to the Mejlis of Turkmenistan. The Head of state noted that the elections of deputies of the national parliament, as well as members of local authorities and self-government, scheduled for March 26, are a significant social and political event in the life of the country. In thi...