TURKMEN-FRENCH POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WERE HELD IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN

On the 15th of April 2019, Turkmen-French political consultations were held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side was led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov. The French delegation was headed by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, who has arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit. In the beginning of the meeting, the...

REGIONAL MEETING OF THE HEADS OF FIELD OFFICES IN CENTRAL ASIA

On April 15, 2019, the Regional Meeting of the Heads of the Central Asian Missions of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was opened at the Yildyz Hotel in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by representatives of the OSCE Secretariat, representatives of the OSCE program offices in Central Asia, representatives of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE coordinators, heads of the EU delegations in Central Asia, leaders and leading experts of relevant departments of the countr...

PRESS RELEASE

During the period of April 15-20, 2019, the external policy Agenda of Turkmenistan will be highly occupied.  One of the main events of the week will be the state visit of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in to Turkmenistan.  During the visit, the high-level meetings will be held, as well as the substantial package of documents related to the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian sphere will be signed.    Also this week, a num...

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARRIVED TO TURKMENISTAN ON A STATE VISIT

On April 16, 2019, President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in upon invitation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, arrived to Turkmenistan on a state visit. On April 17, the meeting of the Presidents of the two countries will be held, during which the two sides will discuss the issues of interstate relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. A wide range of issues of bilateral relations, perspectives of development of cooperation in political, trade-eco...

CONFERENCE IN HONOR OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE OSCE CENTER IN TURKMENISTAN HELD IN ASHGABAT

On April 16, 2019, a conference was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the opening of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by leaders and representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ombudsman of Turkmenistan, the Rector of the International University of Humanitarian Sciences and Development, as well as responsible representatives of the OSCE, the EU and the UN, including high-ra...

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA VISITS BALKAN PROVINCE

On April 18, 2019 President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived at the international airport of Turkmenbashi. After some time, an airliner of the President of the Republic of Korea landed in the airport of the seaside city, decorated on the occasion of a momentous event with the State flags of the two countries. The distinguished guest was given proper honors. The President of Turkmenistan warmly welcomed his colleague. From the airport, a motorcade of heads of states drove for...

DAYS OF CULTURE OF SAUDI ARABIA ARE BEING HELD IN TURKMENISTAN

On April 18, 2019, the Days of Culture of Saudi Arabia were solemnly opened in Ashgabat, organized by the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Media of Saudi Arabia. The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of relevant ministries and departments of the country, creative intellectuals, diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, as well as media representatives, teachers and university students. During the speech at the...

TURKMENISTAN AND MONGOLIA INTEND TO STRENGTHEN MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COOPERATION

On the 18th of April 2019, political consultations between Turkmenistan and Mongolia on the level of deputy ministers of foreign affairs were held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  The guest delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Ms.Batmunkh Battsetseg, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.    During the meeting, the parties expressed interest in organizing consultations between the ministrie...

STATE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO TURKMENISTAN

The state visit of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in to Turkmenistan has started on the 16th of April 2019, in the framework of his tour of the Central Asian countries.   On April 17, 2019, after the official meeting ceremony and photographing in front of the state flags of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in to the “Oguzhan” Presidentia...

OSCE HIGH-LEVEL REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCING AND ORGANIZED CRIME HOSTED IN TURKMENISTAN

Some 200 representatives of Central Asian and other OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts from international organizations, attended on April 17, 2019 in Ashgabat an OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime. The Conference was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in...