On 14 November 2018, the Russian media agency “Novosti” that refers to the result of the 80th session of the Council of the Commanders of the frontier troops of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) held in Tokmok city, Kyrgyz Republic, spread distorted information about the deterioration of the situation on the Turkmen-Afghan border.    In this connection, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan officially states that this information does not correspond t...

On November 15, 2018, 17th Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) continued its work in Ashgabat. Round table discussions have continued at the Ministerial Conference on topics of СAREC Integrated Trade Agenda (CITA) 2030 and CAREC 2030 implementation. Ministers of CAREC member states and other participants delivered speeches and exchanged views on CITA 2030, CAREC 2030 and Rolling Strategic Action Plan (RSAP) 2018-2020 implementation. Then, panel disc...

On November 15, 2018, 17th Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) started its work in Ashgabat. High-level government officials from the Republic of Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Georgia, Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Kazakhstan, People’s Republic of China, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, and Japan, as well as officers from such international organizations a...

On November 14, 2018, the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan started its visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. On the first day of the visit the delegation of the MFA of Turkmenistan has attended the conference « Focus to Eastern Europe – business in dialogue» organized by the Eastern committee of German economy. The Conference gathered about 250 executive officers and representatives of German companies, banks and chambers of commerce of Germany. The Ministe...

On November 14, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Turkmenistan (with residence in Astana), Ms. Marcia Donner Abreu, who arrived in Ashgabat to present her credentials. After congratulating the Ambassador on her appointment to a responsible post at the beginning of the meeting, Turkmen side expressed its commitment to strengthen bilateral relations. The sides...

On November 15, 2018, the 17th Ministerial Meeting of the “Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia (CAREC)” program will start its work in Ashgabat. At the international level conference it is expected the participation of the ministers of investments and economy of CAREC participating states as well as the heads of some international organizations. During the conference, it is planned to review the strategic action plan for 2018-2030 of the CAREC countries. In addition, there will b...

On November 13, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Japanese delegation led by Koji Fuji, Director General for the Central Asia and the Caucasus of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the 17th CAREC Ministerial Conference. During the meeting, the parties noted the importance of training programs in the functioning of JICA, which provide partner countries with the opportunity to acquire p...