On January 27, 2023, a telephone conversation was held between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. The heads of state exchanged congratulations on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tajikistan. The Presidents noted with satisfaction the active political cooperation between the two countries, which is being successfully strengthe...

On January 27, 2023, an official ceremony was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the announcement of 2023 as the “International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace”. The event was held in a hybrid format under the conduction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by representatives of the main bodies of the UN and its specialized agencies and UN member states, international a...

On January 26, 2023, the head of the delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the OSCE, Ms. Margareta Cederfelt. During the meeting, issues on the agenda of the Organization, as well as issues related to the holding of the OSCE PA event “Contribution of neutral countries to strengthening security, stability and dialogue in the European and Eurasian space within the framework of the OSCE” in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, were discussed. The...

On January 27, 2023, regular Turkmen-German political consultations were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegations of the parties were headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev and the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia Matthias Luttenberg. During the consultations, an exchange of views took place on the internal political pr...

On January 24, 2023, during the regular meeting of the OSCE Human Dimension Committee, the delegation of Turkmenistan made a statement on its priorities in the human dimension. The statement noted that civil society, democratic institutions, freedom of the media, gender equality, prevention of human trafficking and the right to education are priority areas for Turkmenistan in cooperation with the OSCE in the field of the human dimension. It was emphasized that Turkmenistan supports the develo...

On January 24-25, 2023, a regular meeting of the Joint Working Group on the delimitation of the bottom of the Caspian Sea between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the director of the Institute of the Caspian Sea, Special Representative of Turkmenistan for the Caspian Sea M.Atajanov, the Azerbaijani delegation – by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaij...

On January 24, 2023, in Tashkent, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov participated in the 26th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CMFA) of the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The event was attended by the heads of the foreign ministries of the Member States, heads of regional organizations, as well as specialized agencies, regional institutions and affiliated bodies of the ECO. The meeting participants discussed a wide r...