On May 5, 2020, political consultations on the level of the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran were held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan through videoconferencing. Having expressed adherence to further development of bilateral ties, the parties discussed a number of interregional issues and collaboration in the international format. The significance of regular contacts between the Heads of States and the chiefs of externa...

On May 5, 2020, the extraordinary session of the representatives of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Economic Cooperation Organization member-states was held. The session took place through videoconferencing. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The representatives of Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, as well as the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Economic Cooperation Organization gave speeches at the mee...

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...