On October 19, 2018, there was a meeting with the delegation of the Republic of Turkey headed by Mr. Mehmet Samsar,  Director-General for Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who has arrived in Ashgabat to participate in Turkmen-Turkish consular consultations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.    During the talks, the parties have noted the positive development of bilateral relations and exchanged views on developing cooperation between consular services of the...

On October 19, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Mr. Issa Ismail Rifae, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara), who has arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials.          At the beginning of meeting new Ambassador of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Turkmenistan presented the copies of his credentials. Turkmen side congratulated the Ambassador with new appointmen...

On October 16-18, 2018, the sixth meeting of the Turkmen-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic cooperation was held in the central building of the oil and gas complex. A representative delegation headed by the Minister of Commerce and Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the work of the commission. The delegations included the heads and representatives of leading sectoral ministries and departments of bot...

On 17 and 18 October 2018, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise aimed at strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks to critical energy infrastructure.  The exercise was held as part of the OSCE’s efforts to advance the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2341 (2017) on the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks, and is the eighth national...

Efficient measures taken by the country for development of communication sphere give strong impulse to national economy in the context of rapid formation of modern transport and transit logistic infrastructure. Great role in this processes is given to Turkmen Post company of the Ministry of Communication.  Today, there are about 150 branches of this postal service, which delivers letters and packages without delay. This month, Turkmen Postal Service bought 55 light, cargo and off-road vehicle...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Minister of Trade and Investments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Majid Bin Abdullah Al Kasabi who arrived in the capital as the head of interstate delegation for participation in the work of the sixth session of Intergovernmental Turkmen – Saudi Commission on trade and economic cooperation. Having expressed the gratitude for the time spared for the meeting and opportunity to discuss actual objectives of interstate cooperation in personal conversati...

On October 17, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of the polymer plant in Kiyanly, the commissioning of which allowed creating about 1,000 jobs, then launched the autumn greening campaign, planting the first tree next to the territory of the new gas-chemical complex. Representatives of practically all sectors of the national economy, foreign guests, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Turkmenistan joined the initiative of t...