On the 16th of July 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Iranian delegation that has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit headed by the Chairman of Iranian-Turkmen Inter-parliamentary Group of Friendship, Member of the Energy Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Mr. Kurosh Karam Pur Hakygy.   During the meeting, the parties discussed the current issues of bilateral cooperation including the inter-parliamentary ties, energy, trans...

On the 10th of July 2019, an educational course on the development of work with online mass media has started in the “Yildiz” hotel of Ashgabat organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat in assistance with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the State News Agency of Turkmenistan (TDH), State Committee of Turkmenistan for television, radiobroadcasting and cinematography, as well as the staff members of digital and printed mass media are participating in the co...

Today, on the 7th of July the meeting of the heads of external policy agencies of EU and the countries of Central Asia was held in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek which was attended by the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V.Hajiyev.  During the meeting, the parties exchanged their views on a wide range of issues related to the implementation of the Strategy of the European Union for Central Asia adopted on the 17th of June 2019.  In this regard...

On the 6th of July 2019, a meeting was held in Ashgabat between the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission Ms. Federica Mogherini and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. During the meeting, the parties discussed the intensification of the multilateral cooperation between the European Union and Turkmenistan.  The achievements gained in the bilateral political dialogue, economic and regiona...

On the 5th of July 2019, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission Ms. Federica Mogherini arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the visit, the high-level guest will meet with the Chairwoman of the Parliament (Mejlis) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

On July 4, 2019, the 28th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly began its work in Luxembourg. During the event of the first day, the agenda and a number of resolutions were approved, which are planned to be adopted by three committees (military-political, economic and humanitarian). On July 5, the Second Committee on economic issues considered a draft resolution presented by the Republic of Belarus “Strategic Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Develop...

On June 27, 2019, in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected as a permanent member of the Council of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) during its 66th session. Turkmenistan was entered in the list of group “A” as the 157th member of this Council. The supreme body of UNCTAD is the Conference, which holds its ministerial-level sessions at least once every four years to determine the general directions of the policy and address issue...