Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the PRC Parahat Durdyev and Trade Representative Sh. Batyrov took part in the World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development, which took place in frames of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS-2020). Within the framework of CIFTIS-2020, the first major fair of the current year, held on September 4-9 in regular and online modes, various events were organized with the participation of 18,000 Chinese and foreign enterprises and in...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held regular video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers where heads of regional administration and Ashgabat have been invited. Outcomes of work of the Government for the past eight months of the year have been summed up at the session. Having announced the agenda, the Head of Turkmenistan gave floor for report to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Mushikov who reported on macroeconomic indicators for the period under review, which...

On September 3, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. At the beginning of the conversation, the Turkmen leader emphasized that he recalls with particular warmth his visit to Italy in November 2019, where, during the summit in Rome, topical issues of interaction in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian and other areas had been discussed. President Gu...

On September 2, 2020 the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized three-day online seminar under the title “Membership in the World Trade Organization as a balance of rights and obligations”. The event aims to present best practices of OSCE participating States in going through the WTO negotiation process and will facilitate discussions on possible steps for further expansion of the national trade policy. The seminar brought together representatives of a number of Turkmenistan’s ministries, inclu...

On August 29, 2020, Herat hosted an international conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan entitled “The policy of neutrality of Turkmenistan and its positive impact on Turkmen-Afghan relations”, which was jointly organized by the Embassy and Consulate of Turkmenistan in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The conference was attended by Turkmen diplomats, representatives of the “Turkmengaz” Concern working in the joint-stock company “TAPI Pipel...

President, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held offsite session of the State Security Council. The agenda of the session included outcomes of work of military and law enforcement agencies of the country for eight months of the year. Early in the morning, the Head of the State has come to the place of the session of the State Security Council. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Secretary of the State Security Council Ch. A...

On September 2, 2020, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Chingiz Aidarbekov. The talks took place via videoconferencing.  During the constructive conversation, the heads of MFAs considered the agenda of bilateral relations, as well as exchanged views concerning the preparations to the Third Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of the Central Asian region to be held in the c...