On November 20, 2019, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian has arrived to Ashgabat on a two-day visit.  In the same day, the meeting of P.Burian with the Hyakim (Governor) of the Ahal region S.Berdimuhamedov was held. During the talks, the significance of cooperation of the EU with Turkmenistan from the geopolitical viewpoint was noted. The parties underlined the development of friendly relations of Turkmenistan with all the EU countries in the framework of its “Open Do...

On November 20, 2019, the meeting with the Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway Eivind Nordsletten was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  After exchanging warm greetings, the parties discussed the current state of affairs of Turkmen-Norwegian relations. The necessity of activating political-diplomatic dialogue on high level, as well as the development of economic collaboration for which good potential exists was noted. The s...

On November 20, 2019, a high-level event on the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by UNICEF Representative in Turkmenistan Christine Weigand, Minister of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan N. Amannepesov, Minister of Education of Turkmenistan M. Geldyniyazov, UNICEF specialists, young SDG ambassadors, representatives of other international organizations and diplomatic m...

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-...