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%.
The value of exports of oil and oil products from Turkmenistan to Georgia in 2021 amounted to $191.8 million, which is 186.2% more than in 2020, writes the website of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan.
Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov, during a government meeting with the participation of members of the State Security Council, said that at present the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, embassies and consulates of Turkmenistan are based on the Concept of Foreign Policy for 2017-2023.
The measures implemented in Turkmenistan to develop insurance activities, providing citizens and legal entities with high-quality insurance services, improving the relevant legal acts - all this was stated in the report of Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.
By the decision of the Mejlis Milli Gengesh, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was awarded the distinction “Türkmenistanyň ussat diplomaty” for his huge contribution to increasing the authority of Turkmenistan in the international arena.
