On February 22, 2018, in the city of Mary, the 25th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline Project was held with the participation of high-level leaders and representatives of the sectoral ministries and departments of the participating countries of the project, as well as the Asian Development Bank. The agenda included key issues for the further practical implementation of this ambitious project. In particular, it was decided to divide...

On February 19, 2018, the official representatives of Turkmenistan made a statement on the occasion of the adoption of the UNGA resolution “Strengthening the links between all modes of transport in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development” at the regular meeting of the OSCE Committee on Economic and Environmental Affairs. In the statement, it was noted that on December 20, 2017, at the seventy second session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on the initiative of President o...

On February 17, 2018, the international conference "Diplomacy of the Great Silk Road: the triumph of peace, friendship and cooperation" was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. It was dedicated to the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan. Deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, representatives of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenist...

On February 17-18, 2018, as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan and with the participation of sports teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, diplomatic missions and representatives of international organizations working in Ashgabat, sports competitions were held in the following sports: 1. Basketball 3х3 - in the sports complex of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; 2.Running...

Turkmenistan continues to actively prepare for the Mejlis deputies’, the Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengeshy members’ elections, upcoming on March 25. Nowadays the registration and nomination of candidates are proceeding. All electoral districts hold meetings of committees of the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Agrarian Party, as well as groups of citizens, in the course of which the best candidates are nominated for the National Parliament, local representat...

On February 16, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cyprus in Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) Mr. Leonidas S. Markides, who arrived in the Turkmen capital to present his credentials. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador presented copies of his credentials. Then the sides touched upon the current state and prospects of intensifying cooperation between Turkmenista...

On February 15, 2018 in the Press conference hall of the “Noyan Tapan” Information Center the Embassy of Turkmenistan to the Republie of Armenia held a briefing dedicated to the adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution initiated by Turkmenistan “Strengthening the links between all modes of transport to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”. The heads of diplomatie missions and international organizations, diplomats accredited in Armenia, representatives of the Armenian Foreign Mini...