On December 7, 2018 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with Japanese delegation, led by the head of the Direction for International projects of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Japan Takasi Yosioka, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting both sides noted the significant reinforcement of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan. They also stopped on a positive development and strategically character of bilateral relation...

On December 6, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Russian Federation on a working visit to attend an informal meeting of the heads of CIS member states. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proceeded to the Boris Yeltsin Library from the St. Petersburg International Airport, where a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. After mutual greetings and traditional photo-sharing...

On December 6, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has gone to Sankt-Petersburg, the Russian Federation, on a working visit. During the visit President of Turkmenistan plans to participate and make a speech at the informal Summit of  the Heads of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

On December 6, 2018, at the “Yyldyz” Hotel of the capital there was held the opening ceremony of an international conference at the ministerial level on the theme: “Importance of the Great Silk Road: Present and Future Development”, organized by UNESCO in cooperation with the Government of Turkmenistan. At the opening ceremony of the conference, the Minister of Culture of Turkmenistan A. Shamyradov made an opening speech. Then he gave the floor to the Deputy Chairwoman of the Cabinet of Minis...

I extend to you my congratulations on the opening of the International Conference “Important of the Great Silk Road: Present and Future Development”! I trust that this forum will play an important role in the extensive research of the history of the Road and become an effective platform to define its present and future development, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov states in his Address. In 2018, our country celebrates the slogan “Turkmenistan: Heart of the Great Silk Road”. Major works tha...

An international exhibition of production technologies for import-substituting products was held in Ashgabat. It was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. The exhibition aimed to demonstrate Turkmenistan’s successes in the sphere of import substitution, as well as prospects for international cooperation. The exhibition brought together about 90 exhibitors, including state-owned and private business structures of Turkmenistan, as well as companies from Europe and t...

On December 4, 2018, a video conference was held in Ashgabat to discuss the preparation of the new Aral Sea Basin Program (ASBP-4), which was attended by staff of the IFAS Executive Board, national experts from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of international organizations. At the beginning of the meeting, national experts presented reports on the processes for preparing project proposals from their countries. Following the discussion, it was...