In the last days contradictory information started to circulate in the mass media of Iran and other states concerning Turkmen-Iranian relations in the gas sphere.  Some of them allegedly state about “unexpected and inconsistent with bilateral agreement” termination of natural Turkmen gas supplies to Iran as of January 1st 2017.  On the contrary, in other publications it is noted that Iran has signed a five year contract with Turkmenistan on the supply of Turkmen gas. In this regard, the Minis...

Development of international cooperation in the field of transport is a key element of the Global Development Agenda. An obvious need for a systematic and purpose oriented partnerships in the field of transport is reflected in a number of resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, in particular, the resolution 70/197 «Towards comprehensive cooperation among all modes of transport for promoting sustainable multimodal transit corridors» of 22 December 2015, which was co-sponsored...

Today, the Parliament of Turkmenistan has ratified the Paris Agreement approved at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 and signed by Turkmenistan on 23 September 2016 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Turkmenistan being an active supporter of the prevention of negative consequences of climate change, consistently conducts numerous events aimed at reduction of green house emissions into the atmosphere. A good example of it is the National Climate Change Str...

Today the Parliament (Mejlis) of Turkmenistan has ratified the International Convention on Harmonization of Frontier Control of Goods and the Intergovernmental Agreement on “Dry ports”. As known, in Turkmenistan under the leadership of the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the national programs aimed at comprehensive modernization of material and technical basis of transport sphere, expansion of existing and creation of new transport and communication networks have been developed...

On October 13, 2016 at the office of the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan in New York there was the ceremony of signing of the Joint Communiqué on establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Commonwealth of Dominica.  During the signing ceremony the Permanent Representatives of Turkmenistan and the Commonwealth of Dominica stressed that they have all the opportunities for the development of relations in political, economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. Ther...

On October 7, 2016 at the office of the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan in New York there was a signing ceremony of the Joint Communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. During the signing ceremony, the Permanent Representatives of Turkmenistan and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas confirmed their interest in strengthening friendly relations between the two countries and the development of bilateral political, econom...

Today, according to the instruction of President of Turkmenistan, related members of Government of Turkmenistan held a meeting with the delegation of Republic of Belarus headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Republic of Belarus A.N. Kalinin who came to Turkmenistan on a working visit. During this meeting, very wide issues of bilateral cooperation were consulted. Especially, many works being implemented by the companies of Belarus in our country were evaluated. As it’s known, Mining and processin...