Turkmenistan continues to ensure uninterrupted transit of foreign citizens leaving Iran through humanitarian corridors. To date, 52 states have asked Turkmenistan to assist in the return of their citizens to their homeland in view of the situation in the Middle East. All requests are processed promptly, in cooperation with diplomatic missions of foreign states in Turkmenistan.

On June 23, 2025, political consultations between the foreign ministries of Turkmenistan and the Hellenic Republic were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov, and the Greek delegation was headed by Director of the Department for Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Black Sea and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece Dimitrios Michalopoulos. During the consultations, a constructiv...

On June 23, 2025, a meeting was held via videoconference between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Turkmen-Japanese Committee on Economic Cooperation Rashid Meredov and the Chairman of the Japanese-Turkmen Committee on Economic Cooperation, Executive Vice President of Itochu Corporation Hiroyuki Tsubai. During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of further development of bilateral relations. In this regard, it was noted that contacts at high and the highest...

On June 23, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Cultural Attaché of the Vatican Apostolic Nunciature in Turkmenistan, Mr. Andrzej Madej, who is completing his mission in Ashgabat. During the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed gratitude to Mr. Madej for his personal contribution to the advancement of friendly relations between Turkmenistan and the Holy See. In turn, Mr. Madei highly appraised the peacekeeping activities of Turkme...

On June 21-22, 2025, the delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the 51st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was held in Istanbul. During the session, an exchange of views took place on topical issues of political, economic, cultural, humanitarian, and scientific scope. The agenda of the meeting included issues of strengthening peace, security and sustainable development in the OIC member countries, as well as enhancing cooperat...

On June 22, 2025, at the initiative of the American side, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a telephone conversation with the First Deputy Secretary of State of the United States Christopher Landau, during which the parties emphasized the long-term positive experience of bilateral partnership between Turkmenistan and the United States of America in the political, trade-economic, social-cultural and other spheres. The heads of the foreign policy departments of...

About 50 states have currently addressed Turkmenistan to provide assistance for the passage of their citizens leaving Iran. In this regard, the checkpoints of Turkmenistan have already received more than 2,000 people from Central Asian countries, Russia, Korea, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Great Britain and other countries. The Turkmen state is taking the necessary measures for the uninterrupted passage of foreign citizens and their return...