On 21 November 2024, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Serdar Muhammetdurdiyev, and the delegation headed by the Special Envoy on Afghanistan Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Yue Xiaoyong. During the meeting, the sides discussed priority vectors of strategic interstate cooperation built on a long-term, mutually beneficial basis, as well as exchanged views on the implementatio...

On November 20, 2024, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Kaha Imnadze. During the meeting, key aspects of the current cooperation were discussed and various directions of further interaction between Turkmenistan and the Regional Centre were considered. The sides also...

On 15 November 2024, a meeting was held at the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the delegation headed by Secretary General of the International Turkic Culture Organization (TURKSOY) Sultan Raev. During the meeting, the sides discussed present issues of cooperation and defined favorable fields of the partnership of Turkmenistan with TURKSOY. According to both sides, relations between Turkmenistan and TURKSOY have significantly inten...

On 11-12 November 2024, an International Expert Meeting and the First International Launch Event of the Technical Guide on Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure against Terrorist Attacks was held in Ashgabat. The event was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan together with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Government of the Russian Federation. The two-day event was aimed at raising awareness of threats to energy infrastructure, engaging international...

On 8 November 2024, the Ministerial Conference “Ending Statelessness in Central Asia” was held at the “Yyldyz” Hotel in Ashgabat. The conference was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with the participation of representatives of the Governments of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as UN agencies and international organizations....

On November 4-5, 2024, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan A. Gurbanov participated in the ministerial session of the High-Level Conference on the theme “Strengthening International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation and Building Agile Border Security Mechanisms” cooperation in combating terrorism and establishing flexible mechanisms for border security - Kuwait phase of the Dushanbe process”. The session emphasized the application of mu...

One of the main vectors of Turkmenistan’s strategic partnership with the United Nations is the humanitarian sphere. In particular, the Government of Turkmenistan, together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other international agencies, is taking relevant measures to protect the rights of refugees and stateless persons. Turkmenistan’s national legislation is recognized by UNHCR as exemplary in terms of protecting and safeguarding the rights, fr...