On October 25–26, 2018, the 8th meeting of the joint Turkmen-Tajik Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held in the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. The Turkmen part of this commission was headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, and the Tajik part was headed by the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan. During the meeting, it was emphasized that within the framework of developing and stren...

On October 25, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation from Romania headed by Ms. Maria Magdalena Grigore, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who arrived in Ashgabat to pay a working visit. During the talks, the sides discussed current situation in bilateral relations regarding trade and economy and prospects for further expanding them. Furthermore, the parties have given specific attention to transport sector. The parties have...

On October 25, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the American delegation which arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit headed by Emilia Puma, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State. During the meeting, the parties highly appreciated the friendly relations between Turkmenistan and the United States, reviewed the results of work to expand mutually beneficial cooperation between the two...

On October 25, 2018, the sixth council of Sub-committee on energy under Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee on economic cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The heads and representatives of the ministries, agencies and private sector delegates in the field of oil and gas of the two countries have attended the council. The Co-chairman of the Sub-committee from China was Mr. Li Fanzun, the head of National Energy Administration of the People's Republic of China. The heads of delegations...

In the second half of October 2018, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Minister of Trade and Investments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Majid Bin Abdullah Al Kasabi who arrived in the capital as the head of interstate delegation for participation in the work of the sixth session of Intergovernmental Turkmen – Saudi Commission on trade and economic cooperation. The high guest conveyed warm greetings of the King of Saudi Arabia Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and Cro...

A few days left from the start of a major event in the world of sports - the World Weightlifting Championships, which will be attended by about 800 athletes from 100 countries.  Five hundred Turkmen volunteers with experience in major international competitions, including the Ashgabat 2017 Games, will serve the competition. Representatives of all educational institutions joined the ranks of volunteers. Students and teachers of the National Institute of World Languages named after Dovletmammed...

On October 23-25, 2018, the 3rd meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian states is held in the capital of Turkmenistan to discuss the draft Protocol on cooperation in the fight against illegal extraction of biological resources (poaching) in the Caspian Sea. Delegations from the Russian Federation, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan take part in the meeting. At the previous meeting held in February 2017, the view w...