On November 7-10, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan was in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a working visit. At the regular fifth meeting of the Turkmen-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission that took place in Riyadh, the sides discussed commercial, economic and investment cooperation, including collaboration in the fuel and energy complex; concrete agreements were reached in several fields. The session was attended by executives from industry and energy sectors of Turkmenistan, and by manageme...

An international exhibition entitled “Education and Sport in the Epoch of Power and Happiness” has opened in the Expo Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan (CCIT). It was co-organized by the Ministry of Education, the State Sports Committee and the CCIT.  The principal aim of the annual exhibition is to promote the development of the education and sport sectors as key areas of the state social policy, and to reflect the current major trends in these fields. The exhibi...

On November 8, 2017, presentation of the book by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road” took place in Vienna.  The presentation was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Austria in cooperation with the Austrian organization "Society".  The presentation was attended by the representatives of the diplomatic corps and international organizations accredited in Vienna, as well as the mass media. According to th...

The Research guidance centre on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which was recently opened in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, held the first training course that brought together the representatives of the Democratic and Agrarian political parties as well as the Party of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.  Among the trainers at the centre are the experts of the United Nations Organization, the UN Development...

During working trip to Balkan Velayat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov inspected the construction of new International seaport in the city of Turkmenbashy.  As is known, Turkmenistan having favourable geo-economic location pays utmost attention to the realization of its transit and transport potential as an important factor that supports successful solution of the objectives for rapid rates of the industrialization of the country, diversification of national economy, development of fruitf...

On November 6-7, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs               R. Meredov paid a working visit to the State of Kuwait. On November 7, the delegation of Turkmenistan was received at the Al Bayan Palace by Emir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. During the meeting, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister R. Meredov noted that on September 11-12, M...

On 7-8 November 2017, the 14th meeting of the Task Force on Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and South Asia (RECA) was held in the capital hotel “Yildyz”. The Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan acted as host. Employees and specialists from relevant ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, representatives of international and regional organizations such as the International Energy Charter, CIS, USAID and representatives of e...