President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, during a telephone conversation on Tuesday with UN Secretary General António Guterres, announced the results of the elections in the country and his intention to continue active work as chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh (upper house of parliament).
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with current President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and newly elected President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
On Tuesday, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated by telephone President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the successful conduct of the elections, and Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his election as head of state.
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had telephone conversations with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President-elect Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message to newly elected Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov congratulating him on his election victory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his election as President of Turkmenistan by telephone, the Kremlin press service reported.
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon congratulated the incumbent President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the successful holding of the elections and Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his election to the highest state post, wishing him good health and great success in responsible activities for the benefit of the further development and prosperity of the country.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a telephone conversation on Tuesday with President-elect of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his election as president of Turkmenistan, noting that Turkmenistan occupies a special place in Iran's relations with its neighbors.
The head of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, sent a congratulatory message to Serdar Berdimuhamedov in connection with his election as president of Turkmenistan, the press service of the Kyrgyz leader reports.
Until the end of March, China will host the third meeting of foreign ministers of the countries of the region on Afghanistan. Afghan Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesperson Hafiz Zia Ahmad said on Twitter on Tuesday that Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki met with Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu to discuss bilateral relations as well as the upcoming regional meeting on Afghanistan in China.
On Friday, the High-Level International Conference “Regional Cooperation of Central Asian Countries in the Framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy” continued its work in the capital of Uzbekistan.
On Thursday, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Natalya German, head of the Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA).
“It was not by chance that Central Asia became the first region of the world in which a comprehensive and integrated implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy began on a systematic basis,” said the head of the delegation of Turkmenistan, Deputy Foreign Minister Vepa Khadzhiev, speaking at the High-Level International Conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia.
On Thursday, at a high-level conference in Tashkent, official delegations from the Central Asian countries approved an updated Joint Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the region, thereby agreeing to combat the root causes of terrorism and violent extremism.
