On 6 September 2024, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov and the Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Umberto de Pretto. During the meeting, the parties noted the positive cooperation experience between Turkmenistan and IRU, as well as defined further actions to improve interconnectivity between the countries through the development of multimodal transit-transp...

A regular six-party meeting of the heads of railway administrations of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkiye on the development of the international multimodal route CASCA + “Asia-Pacific Countries-China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkiye-Europe” was held in Batumi, Georgia on 5-6 September 2024.           A Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Director General of Turkmenistan’s Demirýollary S.Nurberdiyev. During the meeting...

On 4 September 2024, the Arkadag city has received three awards at the World Smart City Expo 2024 held in Goyang, Republic of Korea. The high awards were presented to national and foreign cities, as well as to companies that have achievements in various industries. It is noteworthy that the smart city Arkadag became the first participant of the event to receive an award. The following awards were presented to the Turkmen side: “Smart City Excellence Award”, which was awarded only to Arkada...

From 31 August to 8 September 2024, Georgia hosts the 6th Edition of Tsinandali Classical Music Festival. Having taken place every year on the Tsinandali Estate in the beautiful Kakheti region of Georgia since 2019, the Festival stages classical music at the crossroads of Europe and Asia with world-class musicians, orchestras and artists. The Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PCYO) brought together young musicians from across the Caucasus countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tu...

4 сентября 2024 года состоялась встреча заместителя министра иностранных дел Туркменистана Ахмета Гурбанова с Региональным представителем Управления Верховного Комиссара ООН по правам человека для Центральной Азии (УВКПЧ ООН) Матильдой Богнер. В ходе встречи стороны обменялись мнениями по дальнейшему укреплению взаимодействия между Туркменистаном с УВКПЧ ООН. В этом контексте было подчеркнуто, что в целях дальнейшего совершенствования демократических институтов, эффективного выполнения обязат...

On 3 September 2024, Turkmen-Swedish political consultations were held in Stockholm. The Turkmen side was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova, the Swedish side was led by Tobias Thyberg, Head of the Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. During the inter-MFA consultations, the sides discussed the current state of bilateral relations and opportunities for their development. The sides also exchan...

On 3 September 2024, ahead of the Conference of Youth (COY19) and the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, a meeting of the youth of Turkmenistan took place at the Turkmen State Agricultural Institute in Dashoguz. The event was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the Embassies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the United Kingdom and the United Ara...