On February 2, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the People's Republic of China headed by the Chairman of the Party Literature Research Office at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Mr. Leng Rong. Within the framework of the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the issues of bilateral cooperation; proposals were made for further building up the Turkmen-Chinese partnership. Speaking about the high level of co...

On February 1, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on acquaintance with the main results of the social and economic development of Turkmenistan in 2017, with the results of the Foreign Ministry activities for the past year in the context of the implementation of the Foreign Policy Concept of Neutral Turkmenistan for 2017-2023, and also with the planned for 2018 events. The briefing was attended by representatives of Embassies and intern...

On January 31, 2018 a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov and the Azerbaijani Republic E. Mamedyarov was held in Turkmenbashi. The sides discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation, as well as current international issues of mutual interest. A decisive role in strengthening good-neighborly relations between the two states is played by the trusting relations of the two Presidents, which, as practice has shown, have become the keystone to the succes...

On January 30, 2018, a regular meeting of the Board of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) took place at the Yildiz hotel in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by the members of the Executive Board of IFAS - the deputies of the Prime Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan, members of the Executive Committee, representatives of the Foreign Ministry of the founding members of IFAS. The following issues w...

Having won the Kyrgyzstan Cup holder, Dordoy team (Bishkek), in two matches the Akhal Football Club has successfully passed a first qualifying stage of the Asian Football Confederation Cup tournament. Having won a match in Bishkek with the score 3:1, the Turkmen team has hosted members of their opponent Kyrgyz football team in Balkanabat, who needed to score at least three goals. The guests have been making active attacks from the first minutes. The whole first half was full of dangerous m...

On January 29, 2018, the signing of the "Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Program about UN premises" was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The ceremony was attended by the heads and staff of the UNDP office and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Turkmenistan, as well as the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.      The Turkmen side stressed that one of the main directions of foreign policy of Neutra...

On January 26, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan took part at the 12th meeting of senior officials at the level of the deputy foreign ministers of the countries participating in the Dialogue "Central Asia + Japan", held in Dushanbe. Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as ambassadors of these countries accredited in Tajikistan took part in its work. The Japanese side was represented by the Special Representative of the...