On October 9, 2018 the Embassy of Turkmenistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in collaboration with Pakistan’s “Measac Research Center (MRC) for political studies” conducted a seminar dedicated to the “Strategic significance of TAPI Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project in the region” at multipurpose hall of Islamabad Club. The chief guest of the event was State Minister for Parliamentary affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan. The event...

On October 9, 2018, a seminar for young diplomats of Turkmenistan was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Welcoming remarks at the beginning of the seminar were made by the pro-rector of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Jumamyrat Gurbangeldiyev, as well as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria to Turkmenistan Gerard Sayler. Leading lecturer at the seminar was Markus Kornprobst, professor a...

On October 9, 2018, political consultations were held between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Belarus at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V.Hadzhiev, and the Belarusian delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister E.Shestakov. During the consultations, the sides discussed a wide range of issues related to the expansion and development of fruitful cooperation between...

On October 9, 2018, a meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O. Meredov took place in Ashgabat with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation K.A. Chuychenko, who arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, K.A. Chuychenko thanked the Turkmen side for the warm welcome and expressed gratitude for the ongoing Turkmen-Russian coope...

On October 8, 2018, a solemn ceremony for laying the foundations of modern villages in the territories of Kopetdag and Ovadendepe districts of Gokdepe province and Bakherden fine carpet producing enterprise building was organized. Province and district mayors, respected elders, the representatives of public organizations, media and local citizens attended these ceremonies. Upon the instruction of the Chairman of the Mejlis (parliament), Serdar Berdimuhamedov as the head of delegation comprise...

On October 8, 2018, a telephone conversation was held between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.   Taking the opportunity, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday, October 7, and wished him strong health, every success in his highly responsible work as the head of the state.      In the course of talks, the Presidents discussed important directions of interstate cooperation,...

Group of representatives of the International Monetary Fund headed by Natalia Tamirisa visited Ashgabat on October 1 – 5, 2018 for the assessment of development of macroeconomic and financial situation as well as for discussion of the challenges and priorities in economic policy of Turkmenistan.  During regular visit, the representatives of the largest financial structure held number of meetings with top personnel of the Government administration, representatives of business circles, financia...