On the 22nd of September, 2021, on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian countries and the U.S. Secretary of State was held in a hybrid “C5+1” format. The U.S. Secretary of State and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan reiterated the importance of the C5+1 regional diplomatic platform, noting its utility in facilitating critical conversations...

Today, on September 14, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Heiko Maas. Minister on behalf of the Government of Germany expressed deep gratitude to Turkmenistan for cooperation in the issues of ensuring the flights of aircrafts with the aim of evacuating citizens from Afghanistan. At the same time, it was emphasized that the immediate granting of p...

On September 9, 2021, at the proposal of Turkmenistan at the 102nd plenary meeting of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly a resolution «On cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization» was unanimously adopted. As is known, within the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the Economic Cooperation Organization, Ashgabat will host the 15th Summit of Heads of State of this organization on November 28 this year. Neutral Turkmenistan promotes imp...

On the 8th of September 2021, a multilateral ministerial meeting on Afghanistan took place in the format of a videoconferencing. The subject matter of the session was the situation in this country. The Foreign Ministers of more than 20 countries as well as the high-level representatives of the UN, EC and NATO also attended the virtual talk initiated by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany. Based on the main subject of the tal...

On the 8th of September 2021, the meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries-neighbors of Afghanistan was held in the videoconference format. The meeting was organized on the initiative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. These consultations were also attended by the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmeni...

On September 7, a two-day online training course on effective communication between state institutions, the general public and media during pandemic and health emergencies has started. International experts from Kyrgyzstan and Israel had shared their vision on organization active interaction of state institutions with media representatives. The participants of the training course and representatives of state media of Turkmenistan exchanged the views regarding actualization of the cooperati...

On August 6, 2021, on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea the next Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of Central Asia was successfully held. In parallel with this event, on the platform of the above-mentioned Forum the Dialogue of Women of Central Asian states was held. Upon the outcomes of the talks, the Heads of States of Central Asia adopted the Joint Statement of the Heads of the Central Asian States. Following the results of the Dialogue of Women, the Declaration of the Dialogu...