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...

On January 15, 2018, the 13th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member states began its work in the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran. Delegation from Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of the Mejlis A.Nurberdiyeva arrived in Tehran to attend the conference. In the afternoon, the meeting of the delegation of Turkmenistan with the speaker of the Majlis of Iran Ali Larijani was held in the building of the Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iranian Majlis speak...

On January 16, 2018, as part of his short-term visit to India, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov met in New Delhi with the Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Sushma Swaraj. Thanking the External Affairs Minister of India for organizing this meeting in a short time, R. Meredov briefly described the ongoing diversified activities of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the practical im...

On 14-16 January 2018, a representative delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov paid a two-day visit to Islamabad. On the morning of Monday, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the level of the ministers of foreign affairs were held at the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Khawaja Muhammad Asi...