On October 22-23, 2019, the third Silk Road Forum was held in Tbilisi, in which the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of “Turkmendemiryollary” Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan also participated. Tbilisi Silk Road Forum brought together more than 2,000 participants from 60 countries, including political leaders, experts and representatives of international organizations and business circles. The forum discussed a wide spectrum of issues re...

On October 22, 2019, the regular session of the Executive Council of the World Water Council was held in the city of Cairo of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Based on the resolution of the Council, the State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan was elected to the membership of the World Water Council.

On October 22, 2019 in the afternoon, the head of Turkmenistan left the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel for the Emperor’s Palace of Japan. Here, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, along with other invited distinguished guests, took part in the solemn ceremony of Emperor Naruhito’s ascending the throne. Over 2 thousand guests from more than 180 countries arrived to participate in the celebrations in Tokyo. As a rule, heads of the legislative, executive and judicial authorities of Japan take part in th...

On 21 and 22 October, 2019, the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, jointly with the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), organized a seminar on institutional and legislative measures to combat corruption in Ashgabat. The seminar was part of the OSCE’s Strengthening Adherence to Good Governance Principles project. The event brought together representatives of different ministries and state bodies, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Fin...

On October 22, 2019, the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel hosted the ceremony of conferring the academic title of Honorary Doctor of the University of Hirosaki to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who arrived on a working visit to Tokyo the day before. The ceremony was attended by the faculty and students of the University of Hirosaki, other Japanese universities, representatives of the Japan-Turkmenistan Association for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, members of the officia...

On October 22, 2019 in Riyadh, a round table was held between representatives of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and employees of the Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute for the Study of Diplomacy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The round table was attended by the Chief Director and academic staff of the Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, as well as the Turkmen delegation composed of scientific representatives of...

On October 22, 2019, the XXIV International Exhibition and Conference "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan - 2019" opened in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat. The organizer of these large-scale events is the “Turkmennebit” State Concern in partnership with the Turkmen Forum company. During the official opening ceremony, the Welcome address of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was read to the participants of the XXIV International Confe...