On July 8, 2025, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Ms. Kaja Kallas. During the conversation, Ms. Kallas expressed gratitude to Turkmenistan for providing a humanitarian corridor for citizens of the European Union countries returning from Iran to their host countries. The parties discusse...

On July 3, 2025, a meeting took place in Germany’s financial capital between the Consul of Turkmenistan in the Federal Republic of Germany (Frankfurt am Main), Mr. Myrat Ozbekbayev, and Mr. Andrey Kononov, Director and Senior Manager for Financial Institutions at Commerzbank AG. The discussions focused on the development of interbank cooperation. In light of Commerzbank AG’s longstanding and productive collaboration with financial institutions in Turkmenistan, the positive momentum in the ban...

Official registration is now open for the 30th Anniversary International Conference and Exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan – 2025” (OGT 2025), which will take place from October 22 to 24, 2025, in Ashgabat. Over the past three decades, the OGT Conference and Exhibition has established itself as a premier platform uniting leading national and international energy companies, investors, government officials, and technical experts—facilitating dialogue and cooperation across Central Asia’s e...

On June 25, 2025, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O. Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov, who arrived in Ashgabat on a visit. During the meeting with the participation of representatives of the Foreign Ministries of the two countries, the parties discussed key aspects of interaction between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic,...

On June 24, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a telephone conversation with the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during which the sides exchanged views on a wide range of fields. The heads of foreign policy departments discussed key aspects of partnership cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, as well as cultural and humanitarian spheres. The sides agreed to meet in the near future and hold bilateral yearly consultations. The dipl...

On June 23, 2025, the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Abbas Araghchi to Turkmenistan took place. On the same day, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan where the foreign ministers of Turkmenistan and Iran discussed a wide range of bilateral cooperation issues. The sides exchanged views on international and regional issues of mutual interest, particularly the current situation in the Middle East. In this conte...

On June 24, 2025, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov had a telephone conversation with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe, North America, and Overseas Territories Stephen Dowty. During the conversation, the British side expressed gratitude to the leadership of Turkmenistan for the assistance provided to the citizens of the United Kingdom to leave Iran in connection with the complicated situation in the Middle East. It was emphasized that this a...