At the session of the Government on February 15, Vice-premier, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov informed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov about the preparation to official visit of President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani to Turkmenistan. It was noted that expansion of relations with neighbouring countries including Afghanistan, which nation is connected with Turkmen people by old friendship and historical and cultural similarity, is one of key direction of foreign poli...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular digital video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers where current issues of the state life have been reviewed. First, the floor was given to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Myradov who reported on the work of the structures under his supervision, measures for improvement of the activity of financial and banking institutes of the country. Summing up the report, the Head of the State pointed out the necessity of the imp...

On the 15th of February 2019, a meeting of the National Leading and Coordinating Committee of the Partnership Framework Development (PFD) Program between Turkmenistan and the UN for 2016-2020 was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, Permanent UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of UN agencies and public organizations attended the meeting. During t...

On the 15th of February 2019, Turkmen-Japanese political consultations with the delegation headed by the Chief of the Central Asia and Caucasus branch of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mikito Tomiyamo who arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the consultations, the parties exchanged views on the level of relations between Turkmenistan and Japan. Also the importance and effectiveness of mu...

On February 15, 2019, at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, jointly with the National Center of Trade Unions and the head of the Berkararlyk district of Ashgabat, held a solemn event called “The Triumph of National Diplomacy in the Epoch of Power and Happiness” dedicated to the Day of Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

In the regional center of the Sakhalin region of the Russian Federation, the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on February 9, 2019, the first winter international sports games “Children of Asia” were opened, in which 28 teams from 20 countries took part. Participants in these games compete in 8 sports: biathlon, skiing, figure skating, snowboarding, alpine skiing, hockey, speed skating (short track) and ski jumping. Age of participants is not older than 16 years. The Turkmen national team is represe...

On the 14th of February of 2019, the conference was held dedicated to the outcomes of the historical address of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made today, that is on the 14th of February in participation of the social-political organizations and workers of the cultural sphere. The leading staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan as well as its employees and diplomatic workers, as well as the faculty members and students of the Institute of International R...