An OSCE-organized seminar aimed at improving collaboration on human rights promotion and protection in Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat on 12 and 13 November 2019. Representatiýes from local ministries and bodies including the Ombudsperson’s Office, the Ministry of the Interior, the Mejlis (parliament), the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Justice, the Bar Association, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, attended the seminar.  Experts from the OSCE...

On November 14, 2019, the consultations on “Cooperation between the CIS participating states in the field of combatting terrorism: overall challenges and threats” were held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.    The authorized representatives of the Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the CIS Executive Committee participated to the meeting. The participants of...

On November 13, 2019, the second meeting of the Working Committee of the Agreement on the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridors between the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Sultanate of Oman, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ashgabat Agreement) has started in the Ministry of Industry and Communications of Turkmenistan.    To attend the work of the current meeting, the leading specialists of the respective ministries and agencies of the s...

On November 8-9, 2019, the 24th session of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Economic Cooperation Organization took place in the Turkish city of Antalya.  Turkmenistan was represented at this event by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev.  During the session, the participants discussed the current level of cooperation, the work done to implement the ECO Prospects until 2025, as well as made proposals on further strengthening of external economic policy ties on t...

During the period of November 1-2, 2019, according to the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan visited Tashkent to take part in the meeting of the Council of the Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), to which our country was invited as an honorary guest. The session took place on November 2 in the state residence “Kuksaroy.” The participants of the meeting discussed the prospective vectors of cooperation in trade-...

On November 1, 2019, the ninth session of the Joint Turkmen-Tajik Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat.  The Turkmen part of the Commission was headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan B.Bazarov, while the Tajik part was led by the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan U.Uzmonzoda. During the session, the participants viewed the implementation process o...

On October 31, 2019, the political consultations on the level of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tajikistan were held in the MFA of Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov, while the Tajik side was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirodjidin Muhriddin.  The parties highly appraised the current standpoint of bila...