On March 16, 2016 a presentation of the National Human Rights Action Plan for 2016-2020 was held in Ashgabat. The organizers of the meeting were the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the United Nations Development Programme in Turkmenistan and the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under President of Turkmenistan. The presentation was attended by the representatives and heads of the Mejlis, ministries and departments, heads of diplomatic missions and represen...

On March 16, in the Palace «Aiwan-e Sadr» of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan the ceremony of conferring the President of Turkmenistan the title of “Honorary Doctor of Political Sciences” of the «Kayd-e-Azam» University was held. President of Turkmenistan and President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan went to the designated room at the fifth floor of the Palace «Aiwan-e Sadr». Here, two heads of states met the Vice-rector of the University «Kaýd-e-Azam» Javed Ashraf. Af...

On March 17, 2016 there was the second and final day of the official visit of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.           In the first half of the day, President of Turkmenistan and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan visited together one of the most popular mountain resorts in the country - an area Marie which is about 50 kilometers from Islamabad, where is the residence of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Here the prese...

In the morning on March 16, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a two-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A few hours later the president airliner landed at the international airport of Islamabad, decorated with the national flags of the two friendly countries. In the first half of the day the Turkmen leader's cortege headed to the building of the Government House of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. At the main entrance, President Gurbanguly Berdi...

On February 29, 2016 in the National Tourist Zone "Avaza" Turkmenistan hosted five-sided meeting between rail and maritime agencies of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Georgia with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The issues of the development of multi-modal transport corridor "East-West", joint measures for increasing the transit traffic within the fra...

On February 25, 2016 Turkmen-Georgian political consultations at the level of the Deputy Foreign Ministers has been held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Georgian delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Mr. David Jalagania. During the consultations the parties discussed mutual plans for the current year taking into account bilateral interests. The agenda of the consultations included the issues of activation of cooperation between Turk...

On February 13, 2016, within the framework of the orders of the President of Turkmenistan to hold the conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan as well as to the "Year of Honoring the Heritage, Transforming the Motherland", the Embassy of Turkmenistan in India in collaboration with Indo-Turkmen Friendship Society held an international conference and cultural program entitled "25 years of Independence and Prosperity of Turkmenistan and India" at the "Taj Mahal"...