On February 12, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov met with the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Saeed Al Tayer. During the meeting, the parties discussed important areas of bilateral cooperation in the water, economic and electricity sectors and the prospects for its development. In this regard, cooperation on the use of renewable energy sources was identified as a promising area of Turkmen-Em...

On February 11, 2024, as part of the working visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to the United Arab Emirates, a meeting was held in Abu Dhabi between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Vice-President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Noting the high dynamics of development of relations between Turkmenistan and the UAE, th...

On January 29, 2024, the 87th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) began its work in Geneva, Swiss Confederation. On February 2, 2024, the Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova took part in the session, during which the sixth periodic report of Turkmenistan was considered regarding the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination agains...

On February 1, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan, during which an exchange of views took place on a number of topical issues of Turkmen-Turkish cooperation. The parties discussed the progress of implementation of bilateral agreements reached at the highest state level, and also considered the possibilities of further increasing the potential of mutual pa...

On January 27, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a regular meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission to ensure the implementation of Turkmenistan’s international obligations in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law, which was attended by representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, a number of ministries, departments and public organizations of the country. The agenda included a discussion of the results of the work carried out by the Inte...

On January 25, 2024, negotiations were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the UAE News agency “WAM”, which was in Turkmenistan on its first working visit. During the meeting, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Myahri Byashimova and Director-General of the Emirates News Agency “WAM” Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi outlined the main directions of bilateral Turkmen-Emirati cooperation in the information sphere. The Director-General of “WAM” introduced the...

Turkmenistan, which has an internationally recognized status of permanent neutrality, implements its foreign policy in strict accordance with the norms of international law. In this regard, based on the Charter of the United Nations, one of the main principles of which is the respect of the territorial integrity of states, Turkmenistan declares its firm support for the principle of "One China" and reaffirms that the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate governmen...