On April 6, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S.G.Berdimuhamedov took part in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk. During the meeting, the heads of the foreign ministries of the Commonwealth countries discussed the priority directions of interstate cooperation in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. In this contex...

On April 3, 2018, a two-day seminar of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, dedicated to the topic of the multilateral approach to combating the threats of extremism and radicalism in the modern world started its work in Ashgabat. Representatives of various ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, public organizations, international experts on combating organized crime and terrorism, members of the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,...

On April 2, 2018, the 8th extraordinary Congress of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan has been held, at which the key tasks facing one of the country's leading political organizations were discussed. Along with delegates, government members, deputies of the Mejlis, representatives of the ministries and branch departments, scientific institutions, large public organizations and creative associations, mass media also participated in the forum. The participants listened to the Address of P...

On 31 March 2018, a seminar in Ashgabat organized by the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan jointly with the United Nations Development Program was held. The main theme of the forum was the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for the period until 2030 in Turkmenistan. As the speakers noted, the basis of the state strategy initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov laid the maximally transparent concept of universal security, the principle of unity and...

On March 27, 2018, the international high-level conference on Afghanistan "Peace process, security cooperation and regional connectivity" was held in Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the State Minister for External Affairs of India, the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, the Special Repr...

On March 27, 2018, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrived in Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit. The head of the Iranian state was greeted by the officials at the International Airport of Ashgabat, decorated with the National Flags of the two countries. From the airport, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran went to his residence, located at the Oguzkent Hotel. In the first half of the day, the high guest, accompanied by an honorable escort, proceede...

Indicators of money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption and best practices for interagency co-operation were discussed at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded on 25 April 2018 in Ashgabat. The two-day event brought together some 35 officials representing the State Service of Turkmenistan on Countering Economic Crimes, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, financial institutions, law enforcement bodies and real estate and audit companies. International experts from Latvia and...