On November 21, 2019, in the framework of the working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to Washington, a meeting was held with the US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Keith Krach.  The parties discussed the key issues of bilateral cooperation in trade-economic and transport-transit spheres, including the opportunities of expanding the partnership in the field of oil and gas industry, digital technologies and the renewable sources...

On November 21, 2019, the 14th Session of the Governing Council, the highest managing body of the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) was held in the hotel “Yildiz.”  This was the round-up  of the “SPECA Days” in Ashgabat. The representatives of the SPECA states-participants, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), as well as the specialists working in the spher...

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 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...

The Centre of Public Organizations of Turkmenistan hosted conference “health Life Style – Guarantee of Healthy Generation”, which was organized by the Mejlis, ministries of health protection and medical industry, education, sports and youth affairs, Academy of sciences, National Society of Red Crescent, public organizations. Elders, professors, lecturers and students of high educational institutes of the country have also taken part in the event. The goal of the forum is to develop agreed mea...

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, 2019, the meeting with the Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway Eivind Nordsletten was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  After exchanging warm greetings, the parties discussed the current state of affairs of Turkmen-Norwegian relations. The necessity of activating political-diplomatic dialogue on high level, as well as the development of economic collaboration for which good potential exists was noted. The s...