On March 27, 2018, the international high-level conference on Afghanistan "Peace process, security cooperation and regional connectivity" was held in Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the State Minister for External Affairs of India, the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, the Special Repr...

On March 27, 2018, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrived in Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit. The head of the Iranian state was greeted by the officials at the International Airport of Ashgabat, decorated with the National Flags of the two countries. From the airport, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran went to his residence, located at the Oguzkent Hotel. In the first half of the day, the high guest, accompanied by an honorable escort, proceede...

On March 26, 2018, the Observer Mission of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which monitored the election campaign and elections of the Mejlis deputies, held press conferences. The events were attended by representatives of national and foreign media, as well as members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan. Speaking to the audience, the Heads of Missions, expressing gratitude to the country's leadership and the C...

On March 23, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), at its 37th session, unanimously adopted the Resolution "Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympie ideal", which reflects the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on encouraging valuable contribution of Olympic refugee teams in strengthening peace and human rights. In particular, the document notes that the participation of refugee teams in large-scale sports games, includ...

Elections of members of the Sixth Convocation of the National Parliament, people’s councils and local councils took place in Turkmenistan. The right to represent voters in the National Parliament, local executive authorities and local government bodies was claimed by the worthiest citizens of the country who have earned great respect and trust of their compatriots. Several candidates were registered for every seat in the National Parliament, people’s councils and local councils. Today’s elect...

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, voting is held at the polling stations at diplomatic missions and consular offices of Turkmenistan in foreign countries at the high organizational level, with great activity of voters. The polling stations opened early in the morning in accordance with the local time of each region of the planet. According to the Central Election Commission, 19.878 voters were registered in foreign countries. The organizers of the socio-politica...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers where topical issues of the state life have been discussed. Starting the discussion of the subjects of the agenda, the President gave floor for report to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Minister G. Myradov. Reporting on the situation in the spheres under his supervision, the Vice-premier informed about the preparation of the Draft Programme of development of economic, financial and banking systems for co...