President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held a regular video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers. Coming over to the subjects of the agenda, the head of state gave the floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Mushshikov, who reported on the activities of subordinate structures, in particular, on the results of the analysis carried out by the Ministry of Finance and Economy together with specialists from the Ministry of Health protection and Medical Industry. Issue...

Consul General of Turkmenistan in Kazan (the Russian Federation) Atadurdy Bayramov arrived to the Ulyanovsk region with a working visit to meet with Governor Sergei Morozov, as well as Rector of the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I.N. Ulyanov Igor Petrishchev. The aspects of enhancing cooperation with this region of the Russian Federation were considered during the meeting with the governor . In particular, the parties underlined the significant role of the subjects of the...

An important social and political event - the first elections of members of the Halk Maslahaty Milli Gengesh will be held in Turkmenistan on Sunday, March 28. In general, 112 candidates to the members of the Halk Maslahaty Milli Gengesh have been registered in Turkmenistan. Thus, 2-3 people run for the Halk Maslahaty member per each mandate that testifies to the alternative nature of the elections. It should be noted that about 26 % of candidates are women, and this fact vividly demonstrat...

On the 25th of March 2021, a meeting via videoconferencing was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Chairman of the Japanese-Turkmen Committee on Economic Cooperation, Managing Executive Officer of “ITOCHU Corporation” Hiroyuki Tsubai.  The Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities of Turkmenistan Rahimberdi Jepbarov and the Corporate Officer of Japanese Company “SUMITOMO Corporation” Gota Iwanami also took part in the meeting. ...

On the 25th of March 2021, the eighth session of the High-level Group on Facilitating Trade and Investments in the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the format of a videoconference. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of K.A.Kurbanov, while the Russian side was led by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation D.V.Volvach. The parties discu...

On the 25th of March 2021, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan organized an online briefing entitled “The Peace Process of Afghanistan: Current State, Challenges and Solutions”. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, Head of the Afghan Government’s Peace Negotiation Team Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Khan Wali Khan Basharmal, as well as the representatives of t...

During today’s meeting of the Inter-departmental Commission on the Implementation of International Obligations of Turkmenistan in the area of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, a wide range of issues related to further implementation of the humanitarian policy of the country was discussed. During the discussion of the draft of the National Action Plan in the area of Human Rights in Turkmenistan for 2021-2025, the UN representatives highly appraised the level of cooperation with...