Today, on the 6th of November 2020, the meeting of the Council of the Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held through videoconferencing. During the session, the parties discussed a wide spectrum of issues of mutual interest.  The political, economic, cultural-humanitarian aspects of joint activities were considered. The Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov vividly expressed the strategic vision of co...

On November 6, 2020, a meeting of the Council of Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in the format of a video conference. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Idayat oglu Asadov, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia M.Grigoryan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus R. Golovchenko, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Mamin, the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic S. Zhapar...

On the 5th of November 2020, an online-meeting was held with the representatives of the American company “Case New Holland” headed by the CNH International Business Director for Central Asian countries Stuart Campbell. The Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan M.Serdarov, Chairman of the State Committee for Water Management G.Baijanov, as well as the representatives of these organizations took part in the meeting from the Turkmen side. During the meeting, the parties exchanged vi...

On November 5, 2020, a meeting of representatives of the National Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Toru Kobayashi, the Head of NOC Services and Relations for the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee was held. The main topic of the meeting was the preparation to the  Tokyo-2020 Summer Olympic Games, which were postponed to 2021 due to the global pandemic COVID-19. In particular, the preparation of Turkmen athletes for Tokyo-2020 was discussed. In this conte...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has sent deep condolences to Federal President of the Republic of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen on occasion of the terrorist attack in Vienna, which caused numerous victims and injuries. “Condemning in the strongest terms any forms of terrorism and extremism, Turkmenistan comprehensively supports the efforts of the world community in combating this threat and its full elimination”. – the cable says. On behalf of the people and Governme...

The President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, according to which relative fees and tariffs have been set for the period from November 15, 2020 to November 15, 2021 for owners of cargo trailers and semi-trailers from the states, which are members of the Ashgabat Treaty and Treaty on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli Agreement), or motor trailers and semi-trailers from foreign countries following across the territory of these states at the entry to Turkmenistan and in cases wh...

On instructions from President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the first meeting of the Turkmenistan National Commission for UNESCO (held on November 2) discussed a draft Joint Action Plan for 2021-2023 and new proposals concerning the inscription of Turkmen traditions on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Among them are three unique national schools of Akhalteke horse breeding, of Alabay dog breeding, and of the dutar, which is a distinctive brand of T...