On May 5, 2020, a meeting was held in the form of a video conference in the building of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan to discuss the EU - Central Asia Rule of Law Platform. From the Turkmen side, the meeting was attended by representatives of several ministries and departments, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan. Representatives of the European Union in Turkmenistan and specialists from the “Transparency and A...

On May 5, 2020, an online meeting of the officers of the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva with experts from the World Trade Organization was held. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side informed WTO experts about the work done to provide our country with observer status in the WTO. In addition, according to the results of the regular meetings of the Government Commission for the Study of Turkmenistan’s Membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO),...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov participated in Online Summit-level meeting of Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in Response to COVID-19. Consistently implementing the foreign policy course, based on the principles of positive neutrality, peacefulness and good neighborliness, Turkmenistan calls for the development of wide fruitful cooperation that meets the goals of well-being in the regional and global dimensions. In order to implement its creative potential for the common good, our...

On May 4, 2020, the successive meeting of the Government Commission for studying the issues, connected with the membership of Turkmenistan in the World Trade Organization was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan.  Under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the heads and representatives of a number of ministries and departments of the country discussed the concrete steps on the development of cooperation with the WTO in accordance with the instructions of Pres...

Hero of Turkmenistan, People’s Artist of the USSR Maya Kulieva (born May 1, 1920 – died April 27, 2018) would have turned 100 on May 1. The Magtymguly Music and Drama Theater hosted a special evening honoring and paying loving tribute to opera diva whose name is closely associated with important milestones in the history of Turkmen opera. The concert featured arias sung by opera stars of the national classical school. Played by the State Symphony Orchestra under Rasul Klychev, an extract from...

On May 1, 2020, a videoconference was held between the chess societies of Turkmenistan and Armenia in honor of the 25th anniversary of permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan. The representatives of chess federations and academies of the two countries, masters of sports in chess, international referees and trainers of the International Chess Federation, grandmasters took part in the online meeting. The Turkmen side was headed by the Chairman of the National Chess Federation of Turkmenistan Myrat...

The President of Turkmenistan signed relative Resolution to make favourable conditions for receiving modern education by younger generation as well as for presenting computers to school students who start studying in 2020 – 2021 in secondary comprehensive schools of the country. According to the document, the Ministry of education is to enter into contract with Agzybirlik tilsimaty Joint Venture for procurement of 159,374 computers made in Turkmenistan and their installation and maintenance i...