Vienna, Austria – March 10, 2025 – A high-level delegation from Turkmenistan participated in the 68th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) at the United Nations Office in Vienna. The session, which brought together representatives from Member States, international organizations, focused on global drug policy, international cooperation, and strategies to combat narcotics trafficking. The Turkmenistan delegation, led by Mr. Yazguly Agabayev, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of T...

On March 10, 2025, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova met with the head of the Austrian-Turkmen Society Ms. Neda Berger, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the sides highly appraised the multifaceted ties between the two countries, in particular cultural and humanitarian cooperation. The interlocutors discussed the upcoming events for the current year, declared as the International Year of Peace and Trust.  The importan...

On March 6, 2025, a ceremony of signing bilateral documents between ministries, departments, public organizations of Turkmenistan and the representative office of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Turkmenistan was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the ceremony, the following 11 documents were signed concerning the interaction of Turkmenistan and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the fields of economy, healthcare, education, mass media, as well as ot...

During the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting, Ambassador Hemra Amannazarov, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the OSCE, held a bilateral meeting with Ms. Farah Karimi, OSCE PA Special Representative for Central Asia. The parties discussed key aspects of strengthening interparliamentary cooperation and expanding collaboration. Special attention was given to the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's neutrality, which serves as a cornerstone of the country's foreign policy and it...

In 2025, Turkmenistan declared the year as the "International Year of Peace and Trust," highlighting the country’s commitment to strengthening international cooperation and promoting the principles of peace and mutual trust among nations. In line with this, Turkmenistan will, for the first time, host the international forum IFT 2025, "Investment in Future of Turkmenistan" in March of this year. IFT 2025 is an entirely new platform designed to bring together the international community for exp...

On 14 February 2025, a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Ensuring the Implementation of Turkmenistan’s International Obligations in the Field of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The leadership and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and the Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, as well as other profile ministries and departments, the Ombudswoma...

On February 11, 2025, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and the Director of the Division for Europe of the Department of Technical Cooperation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Eve-Kulli Kala. During the meeting, the parties noted the intensification of cooperation of Turkmenistan with the IAEA in coherence with the main objective of the Agency - use atomic energ...