On January 30, 2020, the second working session on the discussion of the results in the framework of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development assessment “Improving the Legal Environment for Business in Central Asia: Focus on Turkmenistan” took place in the “Yildiz” hotel of the capital. From the Turkmen side, the representatives of a number of ministries and departments of the country, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, as well as the...

On January 30, 2020, the second meeting of the authorized representatives of the Caspian states on the discussion of the project of the Agreement between the Governments of the Caspian States on Cooperation in Conducting Search and Rescue Operations in the Caspian Sea has started in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The experts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, including the specialists...

The latest issue of the scientific practical journal ‘Foreign Policy and Diplomacy’ has just come out. It spotlights the most important events in the country’s foreign policy in the fourth quarter of last year. The journal opens with a speech delivered by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State in Ashgabat on October 11, 2019. The head of state highlighted that with the chairmanship of the CIS in 2019 Turkmenistan’s main objectives were to prov...

On January 28, 2020, presentation of the UN Development Programme Global Report on Human Development in 2019 took place in the Yildiz Hotel. Representatives of the ministries and departments of the country, public organizations, teachers of high educational institutes, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan and international organizations took part in the forum. The main theses and key conclusions of the Report, comments on progress achieved by our country for the last 10 yea...

On January 28, 2020, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov participated to the high-level Conference “Green Central Asia” held in Berlin. The delegations of Germany, Central Asian countries and Afghanistan also took part in the Conference. The participants discussed a wide range of issues related to the climate change and security in the region, including the nature protection, integrated management of water resources, preservation of biodiversity,...

Josep Borrell Fontelles, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) ​ On 28 January 2020, friends from Central Asia, Afghanistan and the European Union will gather in Berlin for a conference organised by the German Foreign Ministry, entitled “Green Central Asia.” I was glad to accept the invitation and join Foreign Ministers from the region, for two main reasons: First, to underline how urgent the challenge of tackling...

On January 24, 2020, a briefing dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan and to the announcement of the year 2020 as “Turkmenistan – Home of Neutrality” organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan was held in Tokyo. The representatives of the Japanese mass media such as “Asahi shimbun,” “NHK,” “Kyodo news,” “Mainichi,” “Sumitomo global research” and “Japan-Eurasia Society” participated to the briefing. During the event, the Ambassador of Turkmenis...