On November 20, 2019, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian has arrived to Ashgabat on a two-day visit.  In the same day, the meeting of P.Burian with the Hyakim (Governor) of the Ahal region S.Berdimuhamedov was held. During the talks, the significance of cooperation of the EU with Turkmenistan from the geopolitical viewpoint was noted. The parties underlined the development of friendly relations of Turkmenistan with all the EU countries in the framework of its “Open Do...

On November 19, 2019, at the Istanbul University, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey and the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in Istanbul together with the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) and Istanbul University organized and held a ceremony of presentation of the translation into Turkish of the second book of the President of Turkmenistan “Turkmenistan - The Heart of the Great Silk Road”. The ceremony was attended by the rector of Istanbul Unive...

On November 18, 2019, the meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, Chief of IOM Missions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Mr. Zeynal Hajiyev. During the talks, the parties discussed the priority vectors of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the International Organization for Migration, including the implementation of joint plans and preparation of the programs for...

On November 15-16, 2019, according to the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was on the visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan to attend the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Central Asian countries. During the meeting in Tashkent, the heads of external policy agencies of the Central Asia countries discussed the key aspects of cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-...

On 14-15 November 2019, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat provided a platform for regional dialogue on the best practices and standards in use of innovative water management technologies. Representatives of the State Committee of Water Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) and other Turkmenistan agencies were joined by their counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekista...

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...