On January 26, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan took part at the 12th meeting of senior officials at the level of the deputy foreign ministers of the countries participating in the Dialogue "Central Asia + Japan", held in Dushanbe. Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as ambassadors of these countries accredited in Tajikistan took part in its work. The Japanese side was represented by the Special Representative of the...

On January 25, 2018, the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting of the Council for the Management of the Joint Project of the Academy and the United Nations Development Program. At the meeting, the results of the project's implementation in 2017 were considered, and priority areas for cooperation with UNDP in 2018 were identified. As is known, the project, designed for 2017-2019, is aimed at rendering assistance in such areas as working out the plans for...

On January 24, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Turkmenistan Mr. T.V.Nagendra Prasad, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. The Ambassador expressed his sincere gratitude to the Turkmen side for the assistance and support of the Embassy's activities over these years. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects of bilater...

On January 24, 2018 in the Palace of Mukams of the State Cultural Center the solemn ceremony of opening Days of culture of the Republic of Belarus in Turkmenistan was held. This action is timed to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations. A representative delegation of artists and workers of culture of Belarus arrived in Ashgabat to hold a creative forum. Heads and workers of culture, students of higher educational institutions of the capital, officers of th...

On January 21-23, 2018, under the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Turkmen delegation paid a working visit to London for the next round of bilateral political consultations and participation in the sixth meeting of the Turkmen-British Trade and Industry Council. On January 21, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan met with the Minister of State for European and Americas Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sir Alan Duncan. During...

On January 23, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) headed by the President of the Federation Oleg Matytsin, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. The sides discussed the issues of expanding further bilateral cooperation in the field of student sports, and also spoke for the expediency of direct contacts between FISU and the relevant sports structures of Turkmenistan, in...

On January 19, 2018, a press conference was held in the building of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey dedicated to the year "Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road" and Turkmenistan's achievements in transport diplomacy. The press conference was attended by representatives of the media of the Republic of Turkey, the friendship society “Turkmenistan-Turkey” as well as the lecturers and professors of some higher educational institutions of the country. Durin...