Speaking today, on December 18, at the meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the format of a video conference, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov assessed the level of economic interaction within the CIS and shared a number of important initiatives for its development. The President highlighted the importance of the CIS Economic Development Strategy until 2030, based on the principles of the Declaration on Strategic Economic Cooperation of the...

On December 18, 2020, a meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in the format of a video conference. The meeting was attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev, President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. Tokayev, Acting President of the Kyrgyz Republic T. Mamytov, President of the Republic of Moldova I. Dodon, President of the Russian Federation V. Putin, President of th...

On December 17, 2020, the final stage of political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States took place in the format of a video conference. From the Turkmen side, the meeting was attended by the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, as well as the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan. The US delegation was led by Dan Negrea, a senior State...

Today, on December 17, a meeting was held between the delegations of Turkmenistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the format of a video conference. The Turkmen side was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. A large delegation from the Asian Development Bank was led by Werner Lipak, ADB Director General for Central and West Asia. During the meeting, the effectiveness of the long-term cooperation of Turkmenistan with the Asian Development Bank, in...

On December 16, 2020, a regular meeting of the "Turkmenistan-USA" Business Council was held online, at which key aspects of trade-economic cooperation were discussed. The meeting was attended by members of the Government, heads of key ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, senior representative of the US State Department Jonathan Henick, Executive Director of the Council Eric Stewart and heads of American companies-members of the Council, in particular, “John Deere”, “Case New Holland”,...

Today, on December 16, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States of America continued in the format of a video conference. In particular, the meeting participants discussed humanitarian issues. Turkmenistan actively cooperates with the United States on issues related to human rights and maintains an open dialogue in this area. The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov presented a detailed overview of the measures taken in t...

On December 16, 2020, the first meeting of the Steering Committee for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations for 2021-2025 was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the heads and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of more than 30 relevant ministries and department...