On April 2, 2018 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (in Hanoi), the first Turkmen-Vietnamese political consultations took place between foreign ministries of the two countries at the level of deputy foreign ministers. The Vietnamese delegation at the talks was headed by First Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son. During the consultations, the current state and perspective directions of the development of bilateral relations in the political, trade-economi...

On March 30, 2018, at the invitation of the Korean side, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, paid an official visit to Seoul, Republic of Korea. During the visit, negotiations were held with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea Ms. Kang Kyung-hwa. The sides considered the state of relations between two countries, noting the high dynamics of their development. The sides also discussed prospects for fur...

On March 29, 2018, the National Industrial Exhibition of the Republic of Uzbekistan was opened in the expocenter of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. The forum was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. To participate in the exhibition, a solid delegation consisting of 250 managers and specialists from more than 70 state and private companies and enterprises representing the multifaceted indust...

On March 27, 2018, the international high-level conference on Afghanistan "Peace process, security cooperation and regional connectivity" was held in Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the State Minister for External Affairs of India, the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, the Special Repr...

On March 27, 2018, a Turkmen-Iranian business forum was held in Ashgabat, timed to coincide with the official visit of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani to Turkmenistan was held. The main theme of the next meeting of representatives of business circles of the two countries was the concretization of promising areas of trade and economic cooperation, taking into account national development plans and regional cooperation. As part of the delegation that arrived in Ash...

On March 27, 2018, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrived in Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit. The head of the Iranian state was greeted by the officials at the International Airport of Ashgabat, decorated with the National Flags of the two countries. From the airport, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran went to his residence, located at the Oguzkent Hotel. In the first half of the day, the high guest, accompanied by an honorable escort, proceede...

On March 26, 2018, the Observer Mission of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which monitored the election campaign and elections of the Mejlis deputies, held press conferences. The events were attended by representatives of national and foreign media, as well as members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan. Speaking to the audience, the Heads of Missions, expressing gratitude to the country's leadership and the C...