On October 15, 2018, there was a telephone conversation between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Partners have underlined that Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan have achieved qualitatively new level of cooperation while discussing priority issues of interstate cooperation. It was noted that both parties have considerable potential for further developing effective cooperation in various sectors of the...

On October 12, 2018, in the framework of a working visit to Brussels, the delegation of Turkmenistan held talks with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, Mr. Kunio Mukuria. The meeting discussed promising areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the World Customs Organization (WCO). In particular, the Turkmen side expressed interest in studying and mastering the best practices of the WCO to improve the organization of customs control at the border.

On October 11-12, 2018, the Deputy Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was on a working visit to Brussels. On October 12, 2018, in the first half of the day, the delegation of Turkmenistan had a meeting with European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Mr. Maroš Šefčovič. In the course of meeting, the matters related to activating cooperation between Turkmenistan and the European Union in the energy sector were discussed. The s...

The Yildyz Hotel in the capital hosts a seminar on innovative financing for the Sustainable Development Goals, organized by the United Nations in the framework of the SDG month. The event was attended by the founder of the leading consulting company on financing Stratigos, Peter Vanderval, representatives of ministries, departments and financial institutions of Turkmenistan, as well as the private sector of the country. The seminar discusses the introduction of innovative methods of financing...

On October 11-12, 2018, International scientific conference dedicated to 50th anniversary of creating the Nature Protection Society of Turkmenistan (NPST) was organized in conference hall at «Yyldyz» hotel.   The main aims of the conference were to inform public on NPST achievements in 50 years of its work, discuss major environment issues and activate relations with public and international environmental protection organizations.    The representatives of International Union for Conservat...

On October 11, 2018, the Agreement on power transmission line project Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) between the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Energy and water resources of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was signed in Ashgabat.    In the course of meetings, the heads and experts of the two neighboring countries underlined the significance of constructing new transnational power transmission line to meet increasing energy needs in South Asian countries an...

On October 10, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) headed by Director General for Central and West Asia Department Mr. Werner Liepach who arrived in Ashgabat to pay an official visit.        In the course of meeting, parties noted the successful outcomes  of Consultation meeting with the CAREC National Focal Points. Furthermore, the parties discussed preparations for the 17th Ministerial Conference on...