During the working meeting held on the 30th of January 2020, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave valuable instructions on the issues of prevention of the diseases and enhancement of the medical services provided to the population. Also, during the given session in participation of the Deputies of the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, hyakims of the regions and the capital, heads of the military and law enforcement agencies, relevant ministries and departments, as...

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. A wide range of issues related to the climate change and security in the region was discussed during, including the nature protection, integrated management of water resources, preservation of biodiversity, comba...

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 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the field of Securing Maritime Safety in the Caspian Sea began its work in Ashgabat. The meeting is attended by experts from the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Institute of the Caspian Se...

On January 23, 2020, the ninth meeting of the Turkmen-German Joint Working Group took place in Ashgabat. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, while the German delegation was led by the Deputy Head of the External Policy Department of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany. During the negotiations, the issues of bilateral cooperation pertaining to various sectors of economy were discussed. The par...

On January 21, 2020, the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Hungarian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Budapest, Hungary. The commission was attended by the heads and representatives of leading ministries and departments, as well as representatives of business circles of the two states. The parties considered issues of bilateral cooperation, including the development of the digital economy, multilateral economic, cultural and humanitarian interaction. Issues of c...