Upon the invitation of the Russian side, starting from September 2019 the Turkmen language teacher Resul Shadjiyev arrived in the Astrakhan region and started to teach the Turkmen language to the students of the general education school named after Makhtumkuli Fraghi situated in the Funtovo village of the Privolzhskiy district of the Astrakhan region.      The teaching of the Turkmen language in the Astrakhan region has started for the first time. The residents of the Funtovo village where th...

On September 19, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Consul-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mary city Rasoul Jafari.     During the meeting, the parties noted the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Iran. The diplomats spoke about the political, trade-economic and humanitarian component of bilateral ties. The effectiveness of collaboration between the regions of Mary and Khorasan-e-Razavi was underlined, particularly i...

On 19 September 2019, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Mirwais Nab who completes his diplomatic mission in the country.  During the meeting, the parties noted the consistent strengthening of Turkmen-Afghan relations based on the principles of good neighborhood and mutual respect.  The diplomats exchanged vi...

On 18 September 2019, the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan Yerkebulan Sapiyev was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties discussed a number of pertinent issues including the development of political-diplomatic dialogue, trade-economic cooperation, in...

On September 18, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led by Neil McKain, EBRD Regional Director for Central Asia. During the negotiations, the parties noted with satisfaction the long-term nature of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, reviewed implemented and ongoing projects, as well as the EBRD’s strategy for Turkmenistan...

On 18 September 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Turkmenistan Neithart Höfer-Wissing. During the meeting, the parties discussed the key aspects of the “Road Map” of intensifying cooperation between Turkmenistan and Germany in political-...

On 17 September 2019, a briefing dedicated to the adoption of the Resolution “2021 - International Year of Peace and Confidence” by the UN General Assembly and Declaration of the Chair on the outcomes of the first Caspian Economic Forum as the document of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly was held in the conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  The briefing was attended by heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of Turkmenistan abroad, hea...