The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, during his official visit to Moscow, met with Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan adopted a joint statement on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states, celebrated in 2022.
On Tuesday, the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan registered two more candidates for the highest state post nominated by initiative groups from the city of Ashgabat and the Dashoguz region.
The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan has registered three new presidential candidates.
Ashgabat aims to further develop and expand relations with Moscow. Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov stated this on Tuesday at the opening of talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, TASS reports.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, during the talks with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov in Moscow, highlighted the importance of the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which was signed in October 2017 at the initiative of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
On 22 February 2022, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Georgia held an online briefing dedicated to the motto of 2022 “Epoch of people with Arkadag” and the upcoming presidential elections in Turkmenistan scheduled for 12 March 2022.
Candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan begin meetings with voters - a new stage of the election campaign opened on Monday, February 21.
On Monday, President Berdimuhamedov, during a working meeting with the participation of a number of vice-premiers, heads of regional administrations and Ashgabat, signed an order to send a delegation of Turkmenistan to Moscow on February 21-22, before emphasizing that multiformat interaction with such a strategic partner as Russia is the most important direction of the country's foreign policy strategy.
The Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan has nominated its candidate for the presidency of the country. The decision was made at an extraordinary party congress on Monday in Ashgabat.
On Saturday, meetings of initiative groups of citizens were held in the Akhal and Mary regions, which nominated their candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan, the official press writes.
The American rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) of Turkmenistan in foreign currency at the level of "B+" with a "Stable" outlook.
A round table on the topic “Dialogue-a Guarantee of Peace” was held at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Austria.
Initiative groups of citizens in the Balkan and Lebap regions put forward their candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan. As part of the election campaign that started in Turkmenistan on February 14, the names of two more contenders for the highest state post became known on Friday.
Turkmenistan increased the supply of products to the EU in 2021 by 63%.
