

Turkmenistan is considering opening an embassy in Israel
Turkmenistan is determined to expand bilateral relations with Israel and is considering the possibility of opening its embassy in the country.


Turkmenistan is determined to expand bilateral relations with Israel and is considering the possibility of opening its embassy in the country.


Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will arrive in Ashgabat on the evening of April 19, becoming the first member of the Israeli government to visit the Central Asian state for the first time in 30 years, The Times of Israel reports.


Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will take part in the opening ceremony of the Permanent Embassy of Israel in Ashgabat during his visit to Turkmenistan.


Turkmenistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Vepa Hajiyev and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Mallory Stewart held a telephone conversation on Tuesday.


During his working visit to Geneva, the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan held meetings with the heads of a number of international organizations. A wide range of issues of Turkmenistan's strategic partnership with the Organization were discussed at a meeting with the UN Deputy Secretary General, Director General of the UN Geneva Office Tatyana Valova. An important place was given to security issues, compliance with the non-proliferation regime, and the disarmament process.


The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov took part in the ministerial meeting of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), which was held on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.


Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belgium Sapar Palvanov presented on Tuesday copies of his credentials to Thierry Bechet, Head of Protocol of the European Union's External Relations Service, as Head of the Delegation of Turkmenistan to the European Union, headquartered in Brussels.


The G7 countries have agreed to cooperate in solving specific tasks related to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. This became known during a meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in Japan, TASS reports.


The Republic of Kazakhstan has decided to accept diplomats from Afghanistan. This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Aibek Smadiyarov, the Tengrinews news agency reports.


Issues of joining the pilot project of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation Improved Transit System and General Information Exchange (ITS/GIE) were discussed during the meeting of representatives of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan with authorized persons of the Asian Development Bank and the CAREC program. This is reported by the website of the Customs Department of Turkmenistan.


The parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Korea, headed by head of the inter-parliamentary friendship group "Korea-Turkmenistan" Lee Dal-gon, held a number of working meetings in Ashgabat.


The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met on Monday with members of the parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Korea, which arrived in Ashgabat on a visit led by the head of the Korea-Turkmenistan Friendship Group, Lee Dal-Gon.


Representatives of Turkmenistan took part in a regional online seminar organized by the Border Management Assistance Program in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) for employees of border, migration and law enforcement agencies, as well as teaching staff of subordinate educational institutions.


Turkmenistan proposed to prepare a draft six-party framework agreement in the field of international information security and to hold the first Festival of Culture and Arts of the Peoples of Central Asia and Russia.


National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Saturday.