On April 30, 2018 in Ashgabat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Aibek Omokeev, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the High-level Meeting on "Towards a comprehensive implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia". During the meeting, noting the stable nature of bilateral relations, the sides discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation. Among the pr...

A HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON THE UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN CENTRAL ASIA WAS HELD IN ASHGABAT On April 30, 2018, in Ashgabat, the High-Level Meeting "Towards a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia" was held, and the third phase of a joint project supporting the Joint Action Plan for Central Asia (SAP) was launched. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Regional Center for...

On 26 and 27 April 2018, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the two-day seminar to share international best practices on assessing possible risks, developing effective response measures, and evaluating the impact and implementation of other mechanisms aimed at protecting energy infrastructure and promoting energy security.  The event was attended by the representatives of the State Commission on Emergency Situations, military and law-enforcement bodies, the State Seismology Service under t...

On April 26, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the political consultations had been held between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. The Swiss delegation was headed by Ambassador Nicolas Brühl, Assistant State Secretary for Europe, Central Asia and OSCE of FDFA of Switzerland. During the consultations, issues of bilateral relations in the field of political contacts, interparliamentary interaction...

On April 26, 2018 in Ashgabat, under the chairmanship of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the VIII session of the International Ahalteke Horse Breeding Association was held. The forum was attended by the members of the government, foreign and domestic members of the International Ahalteke Horse Breeding Association, employees of the horse breeding industry of the country, representatives of the media. The Presidential car stops at the square in front of the Oguzkent Hotel. In the lobby...

On April 26-27, 2018 in Ashgabat, a regular meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian states was held, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economics and the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Affairs under the President of Turkmenistan. Now in its fourth year, the meeting of experts from Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan was held to finalize a draft Agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the five Caspian Sea litto...

On April 23-24, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted the third meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral countries to discuss the draft Agreement on cooperation between the Caspian states in the field of transport in the Caspian Sea. Representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan took part in the meeting. During the meeting, a productive exchange of views and discussion of expert a...