On Saturday, Afghan Acting Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi assured a senior Pakistani delegation led by National Security Adviser (NSA) Moid Yusuf that Afghan land would not be used against neighbors, including Pakistan, Pakistani Dawn news agency reported.
India is a close and important partner for Turkmenistan, said President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov at a virtual India-Central Asia virtual summit on Thursday. The Turkmen leader said that the current meeting was aimed at bringing the relations between Central Asia and India to new heights, which have huge human, industrial, natural, and technological potential.
The summit of the heads of state of Central Asia and India is being held on video.
Turkmenistan has helped Uzbekistan resume power supply following a massive blackout in three Central Asian countries.
During the Central Asia-China video summit, the Turkmen leader outlined a number of areas for mutually beneficial cooperation. Among them is transport interaction, which is due to specific reasons and objective interests.
Turkmenistan considers China and the countries of Central Asia as its key partners and like-minded people in the effective implementation of the new philosophy - "Dialogue is a guarantee of peace," President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said, speaking at the video summit of the leaders of the China-Central Asia dialogue countries on Tuesday.
A video summit dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the countries of Central Asia was held on Tuesday, January 25.
The preparations for the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, scheduled for March 22-23 in Islamabad, were discussed by the Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Pakistan by phone on Monday.
Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov discussed on Monday with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar the preparations for the first Central Asia-India Summit, which will be held on January 27 via videoconference.
On Sunday, a Taliban delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki began three-day talks in Oslo. On their first visit to Europe since returning to power in August, the Taliban are meeting with Norwegian officials, as well as representatives from the US, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and the European Union.
A Taliban delegation plans to travel to Norway for talks with the Norwegian government and several of its allies, as well as meetings with civil society activists and human rights activists from Afghanistan.
Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Russia Batyr Niyazliev presented the Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Sergey Lebedev with the medal "25th Anniversary of the Neutrality of Turkmenistan".
Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who arrived in Tashkent at the head of the government delegation of Turkmenistan, met on Monday with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
With COVID-19 cases still on the rise in India 10 days before Republic Day, the government is considering postponing plans to invite the leaders of the five Central Asian countries as chief guests to the parade and host a summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Hindu writes on Sunday.
A meeting of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Amir Khan Mottaki was held in Ashgabat. According to the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry, the foreign ministers of the two neighboring states discussed the development and strengthening of partnership in a wide range of areas.
