On December 5, 2017, the Seventeenth Meeting of the "Turkmenistan-EU" Joint Committee was held in Ashgabat. To attend the meeting, the delegation from the European Union, lead by the Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Luc Pierre Devigne, arrived in the Turkmen capital. During the meeting the sides discussed wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of trade and economics be...

On December 5, 2017, the ninth meeting of the Turkmen-Austrian joint commission was held in Ashgabat. The meeting was chaired from Turkmen part by the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, from Austrian part by Director General for foreign economic relations of the Federal Ministry of science, research and economy of the Republic of Austria Franz Wessig. At the beginning of the meeting, the sides summed up the results of the work of the Turkmen-Austrian joint commi...

On December 4, 2017, a Turkmen-Austrian business forum was held in the capital hotel "Archabil", for participation in which a representative delegation of the Austrian Republic arrived in Ashgabat. From the Austrian side the business forum was attended by representatives of several government agencies and organizations, and 24 companies specialized in the field of trade, health, agriculture, transport and logistics, energy, engineering, engineering technology, construction, tourism and others...

On December 4, 2017, political consultations between the representatives of the foreign policy departments of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Austria have been held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of guests was led by the head of the Department of Eastern and Southern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia of the Ministry for European Affairs, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Katarina Vizier. During the political consultations, issues of bilatera...

''The systematic development of the national economy, the creation of industries based on high technologies and innovations is a priority of Turkmenistan's economic policy. The exhibition is of great importance for the further intensification of work in this direction'', says the President.  ''The large-scale reforms are carried out in our country to diversify the economy and establish its multi-vector nature. The programmes on increasing the volumes of production of import-substituting and e...

The next session of the Central Committee for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, devoted to issues of preparation for forthcoming elections of deputies of the Mejlis of the sixth convocation, members of velayat, etrap and city khalk maslahaty of the fourth convocation, members of geneshes of the eighth convocation took place. Members of the Central Electoral Committee, representatives of working groups of the Committee, national observers, high ranking officers of political parties and pub...

On December 1, 2017, within the framework of the "Heart of Asia" - the Istanbul Process, the VII Ministerial Conference on "Security and Economic Connectivity towards a Strengthened Heart of Asia Region" started in Baku. The delegation of Turkmenistan, led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, took part in the conference. The conference was attended by the representatives of states and organizations that are members of the "Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process" - the President and Minister f...