On May 27, 2020, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, negotiations were held online between the official representatives of Turkmenistan and the French company Total. At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was represented by the Advisor to the President of Turkmenistan on oil and gas issues Y.Kakaev, heads of, the Turkmengaz State Concern and the Turkmennebit State Concern, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies, and from the French s...

On May 27, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. Warmly, fraternally welcoming each other, the heads of the two states expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to personally exchange views on the state and prospects of the Turkmen-Afghan dialogue, as well as discuss some aspects of international and regional politics of mutual interest. Presidents G...

Online training on border crossing facilitation for transit goods carried by rail and road opened in Ashgabat on 27 May 2020. The training is organized by OSCE Centre in Ashgabat within the framework of the Centre’s extra-budgetary project on “Strengthening State Border Service Capacities in Turkmenistan”, which places a particular focus on promoting cross-border trade and transit in the Central Asian region. The purpose of the online training was to introduce participants to security, public...

On May 26, 2020, in the building of the UN Office in Ashgabat, a working meeting was held in the form of a video conference with experts from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe to familiarize themselves with WHO recommendations for controlling the spread of a particularly dangerous infectious disease. Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan attended the online meeting from the Turkmen side. During the web discussions, detailed te...

On May 26, 2020, a video conference was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the leadership of the Eastern Committee of the German Economy. During a constructive conversation, the parties discussed the current state and prospects for the development of mutually beneficial cooperation. In particular, during the discussions, the Chairman of the Board of the East Committee of the German Economy Oliver Hermes spoke on the topic: “General assessment of the German econom...

On May 26, 2020, a working meeting on the preparation of a national report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child began its work in a video conference format in the UN building in Ashgabat. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the UNICEF expert online, members of the Working Group of the Interdepartmental Commission to ensure compliance with Turkmenistan's international obligations in the field of human rights and international...

Today, on May 25, 2020, a meeting was held between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoglu. Negotiations took place in a video conference format. In the development of the telephone conversation between the leaders of Turkmenistan and Turkey, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Reçep Taýyip Erdogan, held on May 24 this year, where instructions were given to the Foreign Ministries of the two countries to fu...