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Turkmenistan dismissed its Ambassador to the UN due to a transfer to another position
March 7, 2026 08:01 • UTC+5 (Ashgabat) • 28 views
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow signed a decree on diplomatic personnel changes. According to the document, Aksoltan Atayeva was relieved of her post as Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations due to a transfer to another position.
This was noted in a document signed yesterday by the President of Turkmenistan. As reported in the "Watan" news program, Aksoltan Torayevna Atayeva was relieved of her duties as the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN (New York City, United States of America), and as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Cuba, the Federative Republic of Brazil, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, due to her transfer to another job. Vepa Segsengeldyyevich Hajyyev was appointed to the post of Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN, being relieved of his positions as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Swiss Confederation (Geneva), the Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva (Swiss Confederation, Geneva), and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Vatican.