On 31 July 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Belarus, Nazarkuly Shakulyev.

During the meeting the range of topics of bilateral cooperation were discussed, including the upcoming contacts.
Trade and economic cooperation issues were considered with an emphasis on the functioning of commodity distribution networks in the two countries.
The parties noted with satisfaction the growth of humanitarian partnership, primarily in the field of study of Turkmen students in Belarus