On the 7th of October 2020, the online meeting with the delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led by the Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Ashgabat F.Turkmenoglu was held in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan. From the Turkmen side, the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as the Central Bank of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting. During the meeti...

On the 7th of October 2020, the presentation ceremony of the book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Traditions of Turkmen Statehood” published in Chinese was held in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.   The event was attended by the staff members of the MFA of Turkmenistan, heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations accredited in the country, rectors of the instituti...

The capital’s Museum of Fine Arts is running an exhibition to mark Remembrance Day when the fallen heroes of all the wars and all those who lost their lives to the 1948 Ashgabat Earthquake are honored and remembered. 72 years have passed since the Ashgabat Earthquake, the tragic date in our country’s history. On the night of October 6, 1948, the capital and nearby settlements were plunged into hell in an instant. When most of typically one-story mud-brick buildings collapsed, young and old, s...

Exhibition dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of Ashgabat Earthquake has opened in the State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan. Thematic exhibition has been presented in several sections. The narration is opened with the story about pre-war Ashgabat. Administrative and residential buildings, beautiful alleys, ancient constructions, parking zones are on the pictures, which remained by miracle until our days. They are in sharp contrast with photo evidence of the tragedy… Unique...

On October 5, 2020, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Najibullah Alikhil who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country. The parties highly appraised the level of interstate dialogue based on the principles of good-neighborliness, mutual respect and openness. They reiterat...

On the 5th of October 2020, a briefing was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to cooperation of Turkmenistan with the international organizations in the area of healthcare. The briefing focused on the recently signed Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, in accordance with which the Minister of Health and Medical Industry was authorized to sign of behalf of the Turkmen side the Plan for Procurement of Vaccines and Immunization Devices in 2021-2025 under t...

On October 4, 2020, a video conference meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Haneef Atmar.  During the talks, the heads of external policy agencies of two countries confirmed the high level of interstate dialogue based on the ties of friendship and good neighborliness. The counterparts discussed the key issues of bilateral cooperation in political-diplom...