On February 12, 2024, as part of the participation of the delegation of Turkmenistan in the World Governments Summit (WGS 2024), a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov and the Deputy Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Gauri Singh. It was emphasized that in the field of development of renewable energy, Turkmenistan interacts with UNDP, UNIDO, UNEP. In the context of expanding cooperation, the parties exchanged views on the pos...

On February 12, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov met with the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Saeed Al Tayer. During the meeting, the parties discussed important areas of bilateral cooperation in the water, economic and electricity sectors and the prospects for its development. In this regard, cooperation on the use of renewable energy sources was identified as a promising area of Turkmen-Em...

On February 6, 2024, at the initiative of the Kyrgyz side, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov. The head of state, on behalf of the Turkmen people and on his own behalf, expressed words of sympathy in connection with the accident that occurred at the thermal power plant. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasized that Turkmenistan has sent humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan and, i...

On February 6, 2024, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Secretary General of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) Sultanbay Raev. Current issues were put on the agenda of the meeting, and promising vectors of interaction between Turkmenistan and the TURKSOY organization were outlined. During the meeting, it was noted that cultural interaction is the basis for Turkic-speaking countries to build their politi...

On January 29, 2024, the 87th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) began its work in Geneva, Swiss Confederation. On February 2, 2024, the Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova took part in the session, during which the sixth periodic report of Turkmenistan was considered regarding the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination agains...

On February 2, 2024, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubaev. During the negotiations, the parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation, and also stressed the need to enhance trade and economic partnership. During the conversation, R.Meredov said that in connection with the accident at the thermal power plant in Bishkek, according to the instruct...

On January 27, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a regular meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission to ensure the implementation of Turkmenistan’s international obligations in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law, which was attended by representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, a number of ministries, departments and public organizations of the country. The agenda included a discussion of the results of the work carried out by the Inte...