The 16th meeting of the Central Asia – Republic of Korea Cooperation Forum will be held in November 2023 in Ashgabat. This was announced following the meeting of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov with the leader of the Republic of Korea Yun Seok Yeol in New York.

According to the State News Agency of Turkmenistan, during the meeting the parties noted that Turkmen-Korean relations and mutually beneficial partnership are developing dynamically and are filled with new content. They also emphasized that cooperation between the two countries is carried out not only in a bilateral format, but also within the framework of international organizations.

The parties also noted the important role of parliamentary diplomacy in the development of relations between the two countries. In this context, they emphasized that visits of high-level delegations, such as the visit of the National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Korea in November 2022 and the visit of the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Kim Jin-pyo to Turkmenistan in July 2023, contributed to the development of Turkmen- Korean cooperation in this area.

At the end of the meeting, the parties confirmed their readiness to continue to make joint efforts for the further development of Turkmen-Korean relations.