A MEETING WITH THE DELEGATION OF ROMANIA WAS HELD IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN

On April 16, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of Romania headed by the Minister of Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship of Romania Stefan Radu Oprea, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the talks, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects for expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation. The sides discussed the possibilities of boosting joint trade turnover and the need to incre...

SEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TURKMEN-ROMANIAN COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION

On April 16, 2018, the seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Romanian Commission for Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by heads and representatives of leading ministries and industry departments of the two states. The co-chairman of the commission from the Romanian side was the Minister of Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship of Romania Stefan Radu Oprea. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties gave an o...

THE 23RD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) HELD IN DUSHANBE

On April 17, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O. Meredov, took part in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Dushanbe. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of ECO member states discussed the status of implementation of ECO projects and programs, the relationship of the ECO Secretariat with international organizations, the activities of specialized agencie...

DIRECT LINKS BETWEEN THE REGIONS OF TURKMENISTAN AND KAZAKHSTAN ARE DEVELOPING

On April 17, 2018 a business forum took place in the National Tourist Zone "Avaza", in which representatives of state structures, industrial and business circles, cultural figures of the Balkan velayat of Turkmenistan and Mangistau region of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part. The agenda of the forum included issues of further expansion of trade, economic, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. To participate in the forum, organized in the framework of the i...

BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON CONSULAR ISSUES WERE HELD BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN AND RUSSIA

On April 18, 2018, bilateral consultations on consular issues at the level of the Deputy foreign ministers were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the representatives of relevant departments of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation. The Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Ivanov. Noting the positive dynamics of the development of bilateral relations in the political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian sp...

A WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN SET UP TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The first in Central Asia interagency consultative meeting was held in Ashgabat on the development of the Regional Program for the Protection of the Environment for Sustainable Development. The organizers of the event are ICSD IFAS, the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources with the support of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). The meeting was attended by representatives of ministries and departments, which formed the national working group on th...

Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka handed over copies of credentials

On April 16, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mohamed Shariff Anis (with residence in Tehran), who arrived in the Turkmen capital on a working visit. Accepting copies of credentials, the Turkmen side expressed hope for the development of further fruitful cooperation and expressed its readiness to render all assistance and support to the Am...

THE TURKMEN-CHINESE SPORTS FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN BEIJING

On April 20, 2018, the sports complex of the Central University of Nationalities of the People's Republic of China hosted a sports festival under the slogan "Health and Happiness", with the participation of the staff of the Embassy of Turkmenistan, teachers, as well as Turkmen and Chinese students studying in the universities of Beijing. The sports festival was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in China together with the Central University of Nationalities of the Chinese...

CONFERENCE ON SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN WAS HELD AT THE BYELORUSSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

On April 19, 2018, a conference was held at the Byelorussian State Medical University dedicated to the scientific works of the President of Turkmenistan in the field of studying medicinal plants and natural riches of the resorts of Turkmenistan described in the scientific encyclopaedic work of the head of state "Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan". The conference was attended by the members of the delegation of Turkmenistan, leaders, teachers and students of the Byelorussian State Med...

A HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON THE UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN CENTRAL ASIA WAS HELD IN ASHGABAT

A HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON THE UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN CENTRAL ASIA WAS HELD IN ASHGABAT On April 30, 2018, in Ashgabat, the High-Level Meeting "Towards a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia" was held, and the third phase of a joint project supporting the Joint Action Plan for Central Asia (SAP) was launched. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Regional...