On the 29th of July 2019, succeeding political consultations between the external policy agencies of Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates took place in the city of Abu Dhabi.  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs B.G.Matiyev.  The delegation of the UAE was led by the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Political Affairs Khalifa Shaheen Khalifa Almarar.     During the talks, the parties discussed current issues of...

На минувшей неделе на торгах Государственной товарно-сырьевой биржи Туркменистана зарегистрировано 43 сделки. За иностранную валюту предприниматели из России, США, ОАЭ, Казахстана, Афганистана приобрели полипропилен, сжиженный газ, печное топливо, произведённые на Туркменбашинском комплексе нефтеперерабатывающих заводов, а также мазут, выработанный на Сейдинском НПЗ, автобензин (ГК «Türkmengaz»). Помимо этого, за иностранную валюту были реализованы пряжа хлопчатобумажная, хлопок-волокно. С...

Strengthening rule of law -compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism was the aim of a two-day seminar for over 30 Turkmen practitioners from relevant government agencies and the bar association which concluded on 25 July 2019 in Ashgabat. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat jointly with the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the seminar focused on good practices detailed in the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) Rabat Memorandum. These...

A solemn opening ceremony of the railway section with a length of 10 kilometers built in the Akina settlement of the Islamic Republic of Aghanistan in assistance of the Government of Turkmenistan, as well as the foundation laying ceremony of the new railway branch Akina-Andhoy, which length is 35 km, took place on the 25th of July 2019.  The heads of transport and industrial agencies of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, hakims, honored elders, representatives of the mass media and local population p...

On July 25, 2019, the first issue of the Turkmen-Astrakhan information bulletin “Khazar” has been published with the support of the Consulate of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation (Astrakhan) together with the Government of the Astrakhan Region. The first issue of the newsletter reveals the main priorities of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation on the Caspian Sea, including the joint implementation of the initiative of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuha...

Today, on July 24, 2019, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during which the Turkmen leader cordially congratulated the head of Uzbekistan on his birthday and wished him good health, inexhaustible courage and success in all his large-scale undertakings. Thanking for the congratulations and kind words, the President of Uzbekistan noted with satisfaction the progressive n...

On the 24th of July 2019, a working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the preliminary outcomes of the visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to New York on July 16-20, 2019, during which the presentation of the Voluntary National Review on implementing the SDGs in Turkmenistan took place. The heads and staff members of the MFA of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting. During the working session, the preliminary results of the presentation of...