Among the key themes of discussion at the meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), held online on the 30th of November, was the trade-economic cooperation and transport interconnection taking account of the impacts of the global pandemic.   The participants of the session spoke for the necessity of expanding cooperation aimed at the attainment of open, inclusive, fair and multilateral trade system based on the principl...

On the 30th of November 2020, the 19th meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the format of a videoconference was held. The session was attended by the high-ranking representatives of the SCO member states and observers.    The Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov took part in the session as a guest. During the session, the participants discussed...

On November 28, 2020, a telephone conversation was held between the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. During the conversation, the heads of states expressed satisfaction with the high level of Turkmen-Afghan ties on political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. The constructive collaboration in the framework of regional and international structures is underlined, in particular on t...

Today, on November 27, political consultations were held between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Belarus in the format of a video conference. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.G. Myatiev, and the Belarusian - by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus A.E. Guryanov. The parties discussed a wide range of issues regarding political-diplomatic, trade-economic and c...

On November 27, 2020, an online meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V. Hajiyev with the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan Z. Kabulov took place. During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the issues related to the assistance of the international community on arranging and launching the peace talks on establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan.  In addition, the delegation of Turkmenistan voic...

On November 26, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan, the presentation of the book of the President of Turkmenistan "Traditions of Turkmen Statehood" in Japanese language was held. The presentation was attended by representatives of the Japanese Parliament, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, Justice, as well as representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, JETRO and JECO organizations and Japanese universities. During the presentation, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plen...

On November 26, 2020, a high-level conference entitled “Preventing Violent Extremism in Central Asia: Regional Progress and the Way Forward” was hosted online by the UNDP Regional Center in Istanbul. The meeting was attended by Natalia German, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia and Head of UNRCCA, Agi Veres, Deputy Regional Director of UNDP and Deputy Assistant Administrator of UNDP for Europe and the CIS, Deputy Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ta...