On September 16, 2024, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Gurbanov and the delegation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) headed by Director of the Accessions Division of the WTO Maika Oshikawa. During the meeting, the parties discussed current issues of strengthening cooperation in the context of the process of Turkmenistan’s accession to the WTO. The interlocutors reviewed Turkmenistan’s...

On September 16, 2024, a briefing was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the results of the Turkmenistan Investment Forum and Exhibition (TIF 2024), held on September 10-11 of current year in Ashgabat. The event was attended by the leadership and representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, Academy of Sciences of the country, heads and employees of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizatio...

On September 16, 2024, the fourth meeting of the energy ministers of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Bishkek. The meeting was attended by the Secretary General of the OTS, observers from Turkmenistan and Hungary, as well as energy ministers and representatives of energy departments of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. During the meeting, issues of cooperation in the energy sector were discussed, including the implementatio...

On 15 September 2024, a telephone conversation was held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq Fuad Hussein. During the telephone conversation, the Foreign Ministers exchanged views on the current condition of Turkmen-Iraqi relations in political and diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. Special attention was paid to the exchange of bi...

On September 14, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Turkmenistan Akmaljon Kuchkarov, who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country. During the conversation, the issues of the current state and prospects for the development of Turkmen-Uzbek cooperation in priority areas of political, diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural and humanitarian formats were discussed....

On September 14, 2024, a table tennis tournament was held in Bishkek among representatives of the Turkmen diaspora and students studying in higher educational institutions of Bishkek. The sports competition was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Kyrgyz Republic and dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great Turkmen poet Magtymguly Fragi. At the opening ceremony of the event, it was emphasized that the peaceful foreign policy and sports diplomacy of Turkmenist...

On 13 September 2024, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Gurbanov and the newly appointed Regional Representative of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Oliver Stolpe. The parties noted with satisfaction Turkmenistan’s effective cooperation with UNODC for many years. They discussed the results of joint work within the framework of the imp...