On November 29, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama to Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow), Mr. Miguel Lecaro Barcenas, who arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador of the Republic of Panama presented the copies of his credentials. Congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment to this responsible post, the Turkme...

On November 27-28, 2018, the 29th Session of the Energy Charter Conference was held with the participation of the Turkmen delegation in Bucharest. The delegations of the Energy Charter member countries, representatives of international organizations, as well as representatives of major energy companies, the public and the media attended at the session. At the Conference participants highlighted the role of the Energy Charter in the development of the global energy sector, in supporting a sust...

On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States-Parties to the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli) continued its work in the format of plenary sessions in the National tourist zone “Avaza”. During the speeches at the meeting, participants touched on the role of international cooperation in the development of transport and transit corridors, multimodal transport and their prospects in the transport corridor of Lapis-Lazuli an...

On November 28, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tashkent), Mr. Mikhail Popkovs, who arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials. At the beginning of the meeting, congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post, the Turkmen side noted the need to develop a fruitful dialogue with Latvia. Touching upon the iss...

On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States Parties to the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli) began its work in the Avaza National Tourist Zone in the city of Turkmenbashi. At the beginning of the conference, a congratulatory message from the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, addressed to the participants of the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States Parties to the Agreement...

On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the countries participating in the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli Route Agreement) is planned to be held in the city of Turkmenbashi in “Avaza”national tourist zone. The Agreement on transit and transport cooperation was signed on November 15, 2017 by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Republic of Turkey. During the conferenc...

On November 26-27, 2018, the 13th meeting of the senior officials of the countries participating in the “Japan + Central Asia” dialogue was held in Tokyo. During the meeting, issues of mutually beneficial bilateral and regional cooperation between the countries of Central Asia and Japan were considered. In particular, an exchange of views took place on interaction in such areas as tourism, transport and logistics, agriculture and water management, trade and economics, regional cooperation and...