On November 6, 2021, a tree planting campaign, initiated by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held in a big way. The tree planting event was attended by the President of Turkmenistan, members of the Government, representatives of the ministries and agencies, students of the higher educational institutions, as well as the residents of Turkmenistan. Today’s tree planting campaign is held in accordance with the National Strategy of Turkmenistan on Climate change and...

On November 5, 2021, in preparation for the 14th “Central Asia – Republic of Korea” Cooperation Forum (Central Asia-ROK), scheduled on November 30 this year, a meeting of the participating countries at the level of deputy foreign ministers in a hybrid format was held in Dushanbe. Turkmenistan was represented at the meeting by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev. During this meeting, the diplomats discussed implementation of the outcome documents of the 13th meeting of the Minis...

Speaking at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, emphasized that after the adoption of the global Sustainable Development Goals, Turkmenistan is actively working to achieve them at the national and international levels. The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Turkmenistan is essentially a confirmation of country's amb...

On November 3, 2021, in Glasgow the Government delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan S.Berdimuhamedov takes part at the Twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an important international forum where the joint actions to counter global warming are being discussed and a...

On November 3, 2021, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev met with the Regional Representative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia, Ryszard Komenda, via videoconference. Dmitry Shlapachenko, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, also took part in the meeting. During the meeting, the sides discussed issues related to further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UN specialized agencies on human rights. T...

On October 30-31, 2021, the Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov was on a working visit in Afghanistan. Within the framework of the visit to Kabul, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a number of meetings with high-ranking officials of Afghanistan. In particular, Vice-Premier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Cha...

Today, on October 31, within the framework of a working visit to Kabul, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held several meetings with high-ranking officials of Afghanistan. During the meetings, the sides exchanged views on political and economic ties, discussed the security situation and humanitarian aid supplies, as well as touched upon on the issue of intensifying the construction of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, Turkmenistan-Afghanista...