On October 15, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, by unanimous decision of the 201st meeting of the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which was held within the framework of the 137th Assembly of the IPU, Turkmenistan was admitted to membership in the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The Mejlis of Turkmenistan will represent Turkmenistan in the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The Inter-Parliamentary Union, headquartered in Geneva, is one of the oldest international organi...

On November 2-4, 2017, Ashgabat will host the 22nd international conference and an exhibition entitled Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan-2017. The forum is expected to be attended by field-related specialists from many countries, including representatives of foreign oil and gas companies, sectoral ministries and agencies of some countries, international organizations, and the mass media. The conference will focus on an extensive range of issues, concerning the development of the global, regional an...

Turkmenistan is preparing for the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA VII) to be held on November 14-15 this year in Ashgabat. In order to successfully solve the organizational and other issues, a special coordinating commission has been established in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. It is expected that the forum, as part of which the holding of a number of additional events are planned, will be represented by delegations from 35 countries of...

Ashgabat hosted the working meeting timed to International Day of Protection of Ozone Layer and 30-year anniversary of Montreal Protocol for Ozone Depleting Substances. The event was organized by the State Committee for Natural Protection and Land Resources. Representatives ministries of justice, health protection and medical industry, education, industry, Turkmenstandartlary Service, State Concern Turkmengaz as well as non-governmental organizations and private sector took part in the event. Th...

On October 18, 2017, the International Conference "Peace, Stability and International Cooperation in the Caspian Region" was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Issues under the President of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by the representatives of various ministries and departments of Turkmenistan - Foreign Affairs, Defense, Finance a...

On October 17, 2017, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the State Secretary-Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation G.B.Karasin who arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties noted the active pace of development of cooperation in a wide range of areas, the basis of which are close ties between the Presidents of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation. The parties stressed the role of high-level visits, wh...

During opening ceremony of the golf course, the Head of the State made symbolical strike of the ball with the club signifying the beginning of new life of the complex. Area with natural hilly landscape was selected for Ashgabat golf course where the expressiveness and nobility were given by the landscape architects and ideal lustre by the designers who created indeed wonderful pacifying views with silver mirror-like surface of small ponds among emerald lawns decorated with exotic plants and w...