On April 23, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a two-day state visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan. At the international airport of Ashgabat, the head of state was seen off by the officials. Having completed the flight to Tashkent, the presidential airliner landed at the Islam Karimov International Airport decorated with the National Flags of the two countries. In honor of the arrival of a high Turkmen guest on both sides of the carpet path leading from the ai...

Expanding close and multidimensional ties with closest neighbors is a key goal of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy. As part of Turkmenistan’s Foreign Policy Framework for 2017-2023, highest priority is accorded to partnerships with countries of the region in accordance with the principles of mutual understanding and trust which serves as a main factor of preserving and consolidating peace and security in Central Asia. Turkmenistan therefore consistently develops relations of good-neighborliness and...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers where issues of home and foreign policy have been discussed. Speaking of the importance of the subjects of the agenda of the current meeting, the Head of the State focused on coming events related with the Day of Turkmen Horse and opening of Turkmenbashy International Seaport. In the beginning of the session, Vice-premier made a report where he informed about the programme of events on occasio...

The Mukams Palace of the State Cultural Centre held opening ceremony of International scientific conference and festival “Ancient Sources of Music Arts”. Scientists and specialists including musicologists, philologists, art and cultural experts as well as art masters from the Russian Federation, USA, France, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, India, turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan came to Turkmen capital for participation in the event organized by the Ministry of Culture. Int...

The development of a road map on solar energy in Turkmenistan was the focus of an OSCE-supported discussion in Ashgabat on 17 April 2018 for officials from the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Institute of Solar Energy of the Academy of Science of Turkmenistan, the State Committee for Environment Protection and Land Resources, professors from the Mary Turkmen State Energy Institute and representatives of other relevant institutions and nature protection public organiz...

On April 17, 2018 a business forum took place in the National Tourist Zone "Avaza", in which representatives of state structures, industrial and business circles, cultural figures of the Balkan velayat of Turkmenistan and Mangistau region of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part. The agenda of the forum included issues of further expansion of trade, economic, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. To participate in the forum, organized in the framework of the implementat...

On April 17, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O. Meredov, took part in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Dushanbe. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of ECO member states discussed the status of implementation of ECO projects and programs, the relationship of the ECO Secretariat with international organizations, the activities of specialized agencie...