MEETING ON THE RESULTS OF PRESENTING THE VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW ON IMPLEMENTING THE SDGS IN TURKMENISTAN

On the 24th of July 2019, a working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the preliminary outcomes of the visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to New York on July 16-20, 2019, during which the presentation of the Voluntary National Review on implementing the SDGs in Turkmenistan took place. The heads and staff members of the MFA of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting. During the working session, the preliminary results of the presentation of...

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PRESIDENTS OF TURKMENISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN

Today, on July 24, 2019, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during which the Turkmen leader cordially congratulated the head of Uzbekistan on his birthday and wished him good health, inexhaustible courage and success in all his large-scale undertakings. Thanking for the congratulations and kind words, the President of Uzbekistan noted with satisfaction the progressive n...

TURKMENISTAN CONTINUES ITS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO FRATERNAL AFGHANISTAN

A solemn opening ceremony of the railway section with a length of 10 kilometers built in the Akina settlement of the Islamic Republic of Aghanistan in assistance of the Government of Turkmenistan, as well as the foundation laying ceremony of the new railway branch Akina-Andhoy, which length is 35 km, took place on the 25th of July 2019.  The heads of transport and industrial agencies of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, hakims, honored elders, representatives of the mass media and local populat...

THE SECOND MEETING OF THE ASBP-4 REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS IS HELD IN ASHGABAT

On July 30-31, 2019, under the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, the second meeting of the Regional Working Groups on the development of the “Action Program for Assisting the Aral Sea Basin Countries (ASBP-4)” and “Improving the institutional and legal mechanisms of IFAS” is being held in Ashgabat. The meeting was organized by the Executive Committee of IFAS with the support of the Regional Program “Transboundary Wate...

THE DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN TOOK PART IN THE GLOBAL INFORMATION FORUM ORGANIZED BY THE ASIA-PACIFIC BROADÇASTING UNION AND THE TURKISH RADIO AND TV COMPANY

From July 29 to July 31, 2019, the Turkmen delegation took part in the fifth Global Information Forum organized by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the Turkish State Radio and Television Company (TRT). The forum participants discussed a number of important issues, in particular the activities of the media at the world level. Ibrahim Eren, Director General of the Turkish State Radio and TV Company, noted that “at present, the media activity is one of the most important gl...

INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN TURKMENISTAN WAS ORGANIZED IN ASHGABAT

On the 1st of August 2019, the international round table entitled “The importance of international relations for the development of renewable energy” was held in the capital of Turkmenistan.  The representatives of a number of ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, including the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture and Nature Protection took part in the work of the round table.  Also the specialists of t...

INTERVIEW WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION S.LAVROV

Response of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov to the question of the editorial board of “Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of Turkmenistan” magazine regarding the First Caspian Economic Forum  Question:  How do you evaluate the role of the First Caspian Economic Forum in promoting the Caspian Agenda, strengthening the multilateral format of cooperation in the Caspian?  Answer: The solution to the issu...

THE FIRST CASPIAN ECONOMIC FORUM – THE TRIUMPH OF MULTILATERAL COOPERATION

On 12 August 2019, a grand event took place in the National Tourist Zone “Avaza” – the First Caspian Economic Forum. Several thousands guests from around the world arrived to participate to the Forum, including the high-level guests of the Caspian littoral and other states, representatives of international organizations, scientists, heads of leading world companies and international press. The official opening of the Forum started with the International Conference “...

CHAIRMANSHIP DECLARATION ON THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST CASPIAN ECONOMIC FORUM

On August 11-12, 2019, the First Caspian Economic Forum was held in Turkmenbashi city, Turkmenistan. Various international events were organized in the framework of the Forum, on the outcomes of which the following was stated: The role of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea signed by the Heads of States of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan on the results of the Fifth Caspian Summit held in the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan on August 12, 201...

TURKMEN-UZBEK POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WERE HELD IN ASHGABAT

On August 16, 2019, Turkmen-Uzbek political consultations took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  The delegations were headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs the Republic of Uzbekistan A.Kamilov. During the talks, the parties noted the positive dynamics of the development of multilateral ties between the two fraternal countries.  The diplomats considered the issues of bilateral cooperation in po...