On the 8th of October 2020, the first meeting in Turkmenistan-Islamic Republic of Afghanistan-USA format was held through videoconferencing in participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, the U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale and the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Haneef Atmar. During the meeting, the parties discussed a number of importance issues of political, trade-economic and human...

On the 7th of October, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov. In the context of fulfilling the agreements between the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Russia, the heads of external policy agencies considered the issues of bilateral agenda.  The parties paid special attention to the collaboration in the international formats. In this regard, the Ministers ex...

On the 5th of October 2020, a briefing was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to cooperation of Turkmenistan with the international organizations in the area of healthcare. The briefing focused on the recently signed Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, in accordance with which the Minister of Health and Medical Industry was authorized to sign of behalf of the Turkmen side the Plan for Procurement of Vaccines and Immunization Devices in 2021-2025 under t...

On September 30, 2020, a solemn ceremony of signing a number of significant documents was held in the Presidential Palace “Salam Khan” in the city of Kabul to facilitate the further implementation of joint infrastructure projects between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, in particular, the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, electric and fiber-optic communication line Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP), construction of railways. The signing ceremo...

On the 29th of September 2020, the political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Federal Republic of Germany took place through videoconferencing.  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, while the German delegation was led by Michael Siebert, the authorized representative for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia of the German Federal Foreign Office. The meeting was held in a...

On the 27th of September 2020, one of the most main holidays of the state - the Independence Day of Turkmenistan is festively celebrated in the country. According to the tradition, the official flower laying ceremony to the Monument of Independence in Ashgabat was held in participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The members of the Government, heads of Mejlis, military and law enforcement agencies, ministries and departments of the country, representatives of publi...

On the 25th of September 2020, the utmost nation-wide assembly of Turkmenistan – the meeting of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan was held. In view of the world epidemiological situation, the participants of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan located in the other regions of the country took part in the session which was organized in Ashgabat through videoconferencing. The successive session of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan chaired by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdim...