On July 27, 2024, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin. During the telephone talk, the parties exchanged views on current state and prospects of development of bilateral relations. The chiefs of external policy agencies paid special attention to arranging high level contacts both in bilateral format, as well as in the framework of internatio...

On July 26, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov presented to Fazal Muhammad Sabir a document accrediting him in Turkmenistan as the Chargé d’Affaires of Afghanistan. The Afghan diplomat is representing his country in Ashgabat for a number of years. During the meeting, the parties emphasized the friendly nature of bilateral relations between two fraternal states. A wide range of issues was considered related to practical implementation of large-scale energy,...

On July 26, 2024, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Ms. Battsetseg Batmunkh. During the conversation, the parties discussed a wide range of issues regarding the further strengthening of traditionally friendly relations between Turkmenistan and Mongolia. The interlocutors paid special attention to the preparations for the first state visit of the President of Mongolia Ukh...

On July 25, 2024, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Malaysia, M. Mashalov, met with the Minister of Defense of Malaysia, Dato Seri Mohamed Haled Nordin. During the meeting, the Ambassador and the Minister of Defense discussed the prospects of bilateral relations, which have great potential. The Ambassador noted that Malaysia is a close friendly state for Turkmenistan, and the bilateral relations are of long-term and strategic nature. He also emphasized that neutral Turkmenistan implements...

On July 24, 2024, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Turkmenistan Bernd Heinze. Expressing gratitude for the time allocated for the meeting, the diplomat presented his credentials to the head of state and conveyed warm words of greeting from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who addressed wishes of happi...

On July 24, 2024, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Federal Minister of Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Musadik Masood Malik. During the meeting, the parties discussed priority issues of Turkmen-Pakistani cooperation in the fuel and energy sector. In this context, the possibilities of further promoting the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) transnational gas pipeline project were co...

On July 24, 2024, the Meeting of Senior Officials of the «Central Asia + Japan» Dialogue was held via videoconference. The meeting was attended by deputy heads of foreign affairs agencies of the countries of Central Asia and Japan. Turkmenistan was represented at this event by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Gurbanov. The parties discussed the progress of preparations for the upcoming Dialogue Summit «Central Asia + Japan», which will be held in Astana from August 9 to 10 this year....