On May 19, 2020, a working meeting was held in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in the form of a video conference between representatives of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation on the export opportunities and import needs of Turkmenistan and Russia in the textile industry. The Turkmen side was headed by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. The Russian side was headed by the Vice P...

On May 19, 2020, the third meeting of the Joint Turkmen-Uzbek Commission on International Road Transport in online mode was held in Ashgabat. The meeting was held at the level of deputy heads of relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. At the meeting, held in the form of a videoconference, an exchange of views took place on enhancing cooperation mechanisms in the field of transportation and transit through the state borders of the two countries of...

On May 18-19, 2020, the 73rd World Health Assembly took place in a video conference format. The session was attended by ministers and deputy ministers of health of WHO Member States, leaders and representatives of the WHO system. At the event, the Turkmen side was represented by the Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan and the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva. At the opening of the meeting, the Director-General of the World Healt...

On May 15, 2020, a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat. During the session, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution “On the entry of Turkmenistan to the World Trade Organization as an observer.” In accordance with the Document, immediately today, the Turkmen side sent the application letter on the accession to the World Trade Organization as an observer to the Director-General of the WTO.  In line with the WTO proced...

On May 14, 2020, the online presentation of the regional initiative of the International Organization for Migration entitled “New Horizons of Cooperation amid COVID-19 Pandemic” was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the MFA, State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, as well as the representatives of the IOM member states from Central Asia, Russia and Europe, IOM experts, and donor organizations took part in the event.  The presentation session was...

On the 13th of May, a telephone conversation was held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Co-chairman of the Russian side of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission for Economic Cooperation Alexei Overchuk. During the talk, the parties discussed the implementation of agreements attained in the result of the telephone conversation of the Presidents o...

On May 13, 2020, an online meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Lassina Zerbo took place. During the meeting, the parties discussed key areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the CTBTO. The constructive nature of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy activities, in particular on disarmament and non-proliferation issues, was emphasized. The...