On December 18, 2020, a meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in the format of a video conference. The meeting was attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev, President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. Tokayev, Acting President of the Kyrgyz Republic T. Mamytov, President of the Republic of Moldova I. Dodon, President of the Russian Federation V. Putin, President of th...

On December 18, 2020, a briefing was held at the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan in the format of a videoconference by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan A. Blokhin, dedicated to the results of Turkmen-Russian relations in the outgoing year and the 25th anniversary of the neutral status of Turkmenistan. Representatives of the national media, as well as foreign journalists accredited in Turkmenistan, took part in the briefing via video li...

On December 17, 2020, the final stage of political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States took place in the format of a video conference. From the Turkmen side, the meeting was attended by the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, as well as the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan. The US delegation was led by Dan Negrea, a senior State...

On December 17, 2020, inter-MFA consultations between Turkmenistan and the Kingdom of Belgium were held in the format of a videoconference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister V. Hajiyev. The delegation of Belgium was led by Director General for Bilateral Relations of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium, Anick Van Calster. During the talks,...

Today, on December 17, a meeting was held between the delegations of Turkmenistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the format of a video conference. The Turkmen side was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. A large delegation from the Asian Development Bank was led by Werner Lipak, ADB Director General for Central and West Asia. During the meeting, the effectiveness of the long-term cooperation of Turkmenistan with the Asian Development Bank, in...

On December 16, 2020, an meeting was held with the Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Ashgabat F. Turkmenoglu. From the Turkmen side, the meeting was attended by the Minister of Finance and Economy M. Serdarov, heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank, as well as the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities of Turkmenistan. Within the framework of the meeting, the priority areas of the current...

On December 16, 2020, a regular meeting of the "Turkmenistan-USA" Business Council was held online, at which key aspects of trade-economic cooperation were discussed. The meeting was attended by members of the Government, heads of key ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, senior representative of the US State Department Jonathan Henick, Executive Director of the Council Eric Stewart and heads of American companies-members of the Council, in particular, “John Deere”, “Case New Holland”,...