On April 14, 2021, a ceremony was held in Geneva in video format to present the ILO Director General Guy Ryder of the instrument on the ratification of Convention 122 of the International Labor Organization on Employment Policy, signed by the President of Turkmenistan. During the ceremony, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan A.Khaljanov noted Turkmenistan's commitment to constructive dialogue with authoritative international organizations, in particular with the International...

On April 14, 2021, in a hybrid format, a meeting of the OSCE Committee on the Economic and Environmental Dimension was held on the topic "Biodiversity and security - the consequences of environmental degradation for security, including the reduction of biodiversity." The meeting was attended by the adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Ambassador M. Akmuradov.  In his speech, M. Akmuradov informed the participants about the policy of Turkmenistan to save the Aral Sea and...

On 13 April 2021, the meeting in the format of a videoconference was held between the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the countries of Central Asia and the People’s Republic of China.  The main objective of the meeting was the preparation to the second Ministerial Meeting “Central Asia + China” planned to be held in the current year.      The Turkmen delegation at the session was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiyev.   In his opening remarks, the Deputy M...

During the Turkmen-Iranian Inter-MFA consultations that took place on the 8th of April in Ashgabat, the cultural-humanitarian cooperation was considered in detail. The parties expressed interest in the arrangement of joint cultural events, including those in face-to-face format as soon as the restrictive measures related to the global pandemic allow.  In particular, the delegations discussed the preparations to the 300th birthday anniversary of the Turkmen poet-philosopher Makhtumkhuli Fragi,...

During the Inter-MFA consultations on the level of Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Iran that were held on the 8th of April of current year in Ashgabat, special attention was paid to the intensification of trade-economic cooperation. Stressing the availability of high potential for collaboration in the given area, the parties agreed to hold a series of meetings in the framework of the preparation to the successive session of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Coope...

A representative Iranian delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived to Ashgabat on a two-day visit.  Today, on 8 April, the head of the external policy agency of Iran was received by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Then the Inter-MFA consultations were held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side in the person...

Today, on the 6th of April, a meeting was held in Ashgabat between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Afghan delegation headed by the Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Qasim Halimi who has arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit. During the talks, the parties confirmed the high level of interstate relations, where the humanitarian cooperation holds a special place.  Minister Mohammad Qasim Halimi un...