On November 20, 2019, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian has arrived to Ashgabat on a two-day visit.  In the same day, the meeting of P.Burian with the Hyakim (Governor) of the Ahal region S.Berdimuhamedov was held. During the talks, the significance of cooperation of the EU with Turkmenistan from the geopolitical viewpoint was noted. The parties underlined the development of friendly relations of Turkmenistan with all the EU countries in the framework of its “Open Do...

On November 20, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held the successive round of annual Turkmen-American political consultations in Washington.  During the consultations in the USA Department of State, the American side was represented by the Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Ms.Alice Wells.   The exchange of views on the current issues of bilateral agenda took place during the consultations. The participants of the m...

On November 20-21, 2019, the 2019 SPECA Economic Forum “Connectivity: Sustainable Transport and Trade Facilitation in the SPECA subregion” took place in Ashgabat.    The Forum organized by the Government of Turkmenistan jointly with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was attended by the heads and specialists of the leading international organizations, the delegations of SPECA states-participa...

On November 19, 2019, in the building of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk, a regular meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiaries of the CIS member states to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth took place. At the end of the Council meeting, on the initiative of the Turkmen side, a round table was held on the adoption at the meeting of the Council of the Heads of State of the CIS in Ashgabat on October 11 this year of the Declar...

On November 19, 2019, at the Istanbul University, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey and the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in Istanbul together with the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) and Istanbul University organized and held a ceremony of presentation of the translation into Turkish of the second book of the President of Turkmenistan “Turkmenistan - The Heart of the Great Silk Road”. The ceremony was attended by the rector of Istanbul Universit...

On November 18, 2019, the presentation of the books of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, “A horse - a symbol of faithfulness and happiness” and “Turkmen Alabay,” as well as scientific seminar under the theme “The coverage of Turkmen national and cultural heritage in the books of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov” were held in Beijing. The chiefs and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, former Ambassadors of the PRC in Turkmenista...

On November 18, 2019, the high-level events in the framework of the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) have started in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat.  The opening of the SPECA Days started with the session of the Working Group on Sustainable Transport, Transit and Connectivity, as well as the round table on trade policy. The heads and representatives of the relevant ministries and sector agencies of the participating states of t...