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The Japanese government plans to hold a meeting of foreign ministers with five Central Asian countries in Tokyo in the second half of December. This was reported by the Kyodo news agency, citing Japanese diplomatic sources, on Sunday.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation in a telephone conversation on Tuesday.

The Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Iran in a telephone conversation on Monday discussed preparations for the upcoming summit of the heads of the Caspian states in Ashgabat. Rashid Meredov and Hossein Amir Abdollahian also considered the implementation of bilateral agreements and some regional issues.

On the eve of the official visit to Iran by President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, a meeting was held in Tehran between the foreign ministers of the two states – Rashid Meredov and Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Iranian media reported.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian States visited the headquarters of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICBM) in Nur-Sultan.

Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with his Kazakh counterpart Mukhtar Tleuberdi in Nur-Sultan on Tuesday, where a meeting of foreign ministers in the Central Asia–China format is taking place.

The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan is scheduled for Monday, June 6, in Ankara. This is reported by Turkish edition Daily Sabah in a publication about the schedule of upcoming meetings of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held talks with UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh. The meeting took place on Monday via video link.

An online meeting of the heads of the foreign ministries of the Central Asian and Russian Federation countries will be held on April 22, which will discuss issues of maintaining regional stability and security, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry's website.

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.