On November 19, 2019, at the Istanbul University, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey and the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in Istanbul together with the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) and Istanbul University organized and held a ceremony of presentation of the translation into Turkish of the second book of the President of Turkmenistan “Turkmenistan - The Heart of the Great Silk Road”. The ceremony was attended by the rector of Istanbul Universit...

On November 18, 2019, the meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba in Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Alfredo Nieves Portuondo was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  During the meeting that was held in warm and friendly atmosphere, the parties discussed the current state of affairs of Turkmen-Cuban relations in political-diplomatic, economic and humanitarian fields.  The parties discussed the collaboration in the framew...

On November 18, 2019, the high-level events in the framework of the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) have started in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat.  The opening of the SPECA Days started with the session of the Working Group on Sustainable Transport, Transit and Connectivity, as well as the round table on trade policy. The heads and representatives of the relevant ministries and sector agencies of the participating states of t...

On November 15-16, 2019, according to the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was on the visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan to attend the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Central Asian countries. During the meeting in Tashkent, the heads of external policy agencies of the Central Asia countries discussed the key aspects of cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-...

On November 8-9, 2019, the 24th session of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Economic Cooperation Organization took place in the Turkish city of Antalya.  Turkmenistan was represented at this event by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev.  During the session, the participants discussed the current level of cooperation, the work done to implement the ECO Prospects until 2025, as well as made proposals on further strengthening of external economic policy ties on t...

On November 5-11, 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan is on a working trip to Shanghai and takes part in the 2nd China International Import Exhibition, held under the motto “New Era Shared Future.” On the 5th of November, the opening ceremony of the exhibition was held, where President Xi Jinping was present and made a speech. The President of France Emmanuel Macron participated at the exhibition as the guest of honor. The event was also attended by the heads of states and governments fro...

A lecture series on the structure, principles and values of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe took place from 5 to 7 November 2019 at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the three-day course as part of its activities dedicated to the Centre’s 20th anniversary. Around 40 students specializing in International Law and International Relations from the Institute of International R...