On the 27th of March 2019, Turkmen-Italian political consultations were held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  The delegation of the Italian Republic was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mr. Manlio Di Stefano who arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  During the meeting, the parties discussed the state and perspectives of Turkmen-Italian relations.  Alongside, an exchange of views took place on regional and int...

On March 27, 2019, the sixth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development began its work in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. This annual Forum is organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The three-day Forum, which meets annually, brought together high-ranking representatives of governments, the private sector, and civil society. The delegation of Turkmenistan also takes part in the work of this forum. At the opening of the Forum, UN...

On the 27th of March 2019, in the framework of the visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to Japan, a meeting was held between the Chairman of Turkmen-Japanese group of inter-parliamentary friendship of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, Deputy hyakim of the Akhal province S.Berdimuhamedov and the Mayor of Tendo city Yamamoto Shinji.  During the meeting, the parties discussed a number of issues pertaining to bilateral cooperation. In the second half of the day, the Turkmen delegation visited the fa...

Turkmenistan celebrated the International Day of Novruz, the National Spring Holiday, on a large scale, the main celebrations in honor of which were unfolded in the Novruz Valley in Ahal velayat, where the building was erected in the form of a huge yurt - “Türkmeniň ak öýi”. Here, with the participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the next stage of the implementation of a large-scale landscaping program was launched. Among the guests invited to the event were representatives of th...

On March 21-22, 2019, the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development held its work at the Geneva International Conference Center, in which high-level delegations from countries of the ECE region took part. Turkmenistan was represented at the forum by a delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan. The opening ceremony, chaired by the Minister of Health and Social Protection of Albania, Ms. O. Manastirlyu, was attended by Under-Secretary-General of the UN,...

On the 18th of March 2019, a meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Benin to Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara) Mr. Issiradjou Gomina Ibrahim was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. In the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador presented the copies of his credentials and expressed his readiness to work actively for the sake of deve...

On March 18, 2019, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the People's Republic of China held in China Petroleum University in Beijing, together with the university’s rector’s office, a presentation and a festive concert, as well as a reception and treat service in honor of the first Caspian Economic Forum, the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the CIS and IFAS as well as the International Day of Novruz. At the grand opening of the presentation, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to China made a speech, wh...