The meeting of foreign ministers in the "Central Asia + Japan" format will be held in Tokyo on December 24. It will be the ninth in a row and will be held at the Iikura House under the chairmanship of Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa. This was reported in a press release from the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
The fifth meeting of the High Level Working Group on the Caspian Sea (HLWG) was held in Moscow on 13-15 December. The negotiations were attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, represented by the director of the Caspian Sea Institute Murat Atajanov.
The Deputy Ministers of Health of Turkmenistan and Russia held talks in Moscow on Thursday and discussed prospects for further cooperation between the countries. Murat Mammadov and Tatiana Semenova showed particular interest in such areas as continuing medical education, medical tourism and digital transformation of healthcare," reads a press release published on the official website of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey has the ability to supply Russian and Turkmen gas to Europe, this is an important step for Ankara. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
Turkmenistan and Iran have agreed to further expand intergovernmental contacts, as well as to search for ways to develop cooperation in the oil and gas sector, the electric power industry, water environment and ecology.
At the ceremony held at the Avaza Congress Center, in the presence of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, there were signed the agreements on trade, science, education, culture, customs, energy and transport between the three countries.
“The Avaza Summit is the most recent and concrete example of our efforts. Energy, transport and commercial issues will be the main items on the agenda of our summit. On this occasion, we will also sign various agreements to strengthen the contractual basis of our relations,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a press conference on Tuesday ahead of the Turkey-Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan summit.
The V Central Asian Expert Forum was held in Ashgabat on Saturday, bringing together the heads and leading specialists of the centers for strategic studies of five countries of the region and not only.
By that time, Ashgabat may become a sister city of St. Petersburg or Moscow and take part in the first meeting of the twin cities of the CIS countries, which is scheduled to be held in 2024. Most likely it will take place in Moscow. The executive secretary of the International Association "Twin Cities" Olga Shirokova told the TASS news agency on Thursday in Ashgabat.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was awarded the badge of distinction "Türkmenistanyň ussat diplomaty" (Great Diplomat of Turkmenistan). The presentation ceremony, held on Friday, was attended by the heads of both houses of Parliament, members of the government, heads of military and law enforcement agencies.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Turkmenistan on December 13-14, 2022 to attend the summit of the presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan - a statement about this was published on Monday evening on the official website of the Turkish leader.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov outlined the prospects for cooperation with the Organization of Turkic States, with which Turkmenistan is ready to coordinate efforts in such strategic areas as energy, transport and communication sector and trade.
The Regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration for Central Asia, Zeynal Hajiyev, expressed interest in expanding partnership with Turkmenistan. He stated this during a meeting with the head of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan Nazar Chagatayev, the agency's website reports.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov said at the conference "Dialogue – guarantee of peace" that there is no other international organization that can replace the UN, TASS reports.
The Center of Public Organizations of the capital of Turkmenistan hosts a Dialogue of women from Central Asian countries dedicated to summing up the results of the dialogue for 2022, TDH reports.
