The 66th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs started its work on 13th of March 2023. During the week, the meeting participants will discuss issues related to the fight against illicit drug trafficking and measures to prevent them. On the first day of this multilateral meeting, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs drew the attention of the session participants to the experience of our country in combating this threat, the progress achieved...

On March 11, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the FAO Deputy Director-General, Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia Vladimir Rakhmanin, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the international conference "Partnership for food security in the face of climate change". During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of food and environmental security, rational environmental management, as well as joint work in the field of digital l...

On March 9-10, 2023, at the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, an international conference "Partnership in the field of food security in the face of climate change" was held in Ashgabat, organized by the Government of Turkmenistan jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the support of the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan.   The conference was attended by high-ranking representatives of the countri...

On March 9, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Turkmenistan Michael Uwe Bierhoff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the talks, the parties discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation, primarily in the field of political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. M. Byashimova emphasized the effect...

On March 7, 2023, negotiations were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Foreign Minister M.Byashimova and the IOM Sub-Regional Coordinator for Central Asia Zeynal Hajiyev. The parties noted with satisfaction the successful implementation of the “Plan of projects planned for implementation by the Government of Turkmenistan jointly with the Representative Office of the International Organization for Migration in Turkmenistan in 2022”. During the discuss...

On March 2, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, expressing gratitude for the invitation to take part in the Summit of the Contact Group of the Non-Aligned Movement in response to COVID-19, as well as warm welcome and hospitality, conveyed warm greetings to President Ilham Aliyev from the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan...

On 1-2 March 2023, delegation of Turkmenistan, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev, has participated to the 137th session of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). The delegation of Turkmenistan was composed of representatives of the Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Internal Affairs, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan. During this session, the HRC considered the...