{"id":3313,"date":"2024-01-16T16:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T11:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/italia-e-turkmenistan\/rapporti-politici\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:03:37","slug":"rapporti-politici","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/italia-e-turkmenistan\/rapporti-politici\/","title":{"rendered":"Political relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid alignnone wp-image-2482 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240329_120940-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Serdar e Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240329_120940-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240329_120940-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240329_120940-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240329_120940.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turkmenistan declared its independence from the former Soviet Union on 27 October 1991. Its first President was Saparmurat Niyazov, also known as \u201cTurkmenbashi\u201d (\u201cFather of the Turkmens\u201d). Following his death in 2006, he was succeeded by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who holds the title \u201cArkadag\u201d. Serdar Berdimuhamedov, known as \u201cArkadagly Serdar\u201d, has served as President of Turkmenistan since March 2022.<br \/>\nItaly and Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations under a protocol signed in Moscow on 9 June 1992. On 2 December 2013, Italy became one of the first five European countries to open an embassy in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan opened its embassy in Italy in early 2017; Ambassador Toyly Komekov has headed the mission since January 2020.<br \/>\nItaly and Turkmenistan hold convergent views on a number of foreign policy matters discussed in international forums, including within the United Nations system. Italy attaches particular importance to Turkmenistan\u2019s status of permanent neutrality, recognised through resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly. For its part, Turkmenistan values Italy\u2019s commitment to dialogue and the peaceful, diplomatic settlement of disputes. The two countries also support each other\u2019s candidacies for international bodies.<br \/>\nRelations between Italy and Turkmenistan extend beyond bilateral cooperation to engagement through international organisations operating in Turkmenistan, including UNDP, the OSCE, UNICEF and the EBRD. These organisations support Turkmenistan\u2019s institutional and economic development, including its transition towards a market economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Turkmenistan declared its independence from the former Soviet Union on 27 October 1991. Its first President was Saparmurat Niyazov, also known as \u201cTurkmenbashi\u201d (\u201cFather of the Turkmens\u201d). Following his death in 2006, he was succeeded by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who holds the title \u201cArkadag\u201d. Serdar Berdimuhamedov, known as \u201cArkadagly Serdar\u201d, has served as President of [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3316,"parent":3228,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3313","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13511,"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3313\/revisions\/13511"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambashgabat.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}