On September 8, 2024, a working visit of the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Kazakhstan took place to participate in the official opening ceremony of the 5th World Nomad Games at the invitation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. At the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana, where the Guard of Honor was lined up, the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly...

On 6 September 2024, the Resolution “United Nations Games” initiated by Turkmenistan and India under agenda item 11 “Sport for peace and development: Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideals” was considered and adopted during the 107th plenary meeting of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. While presenting the resolution, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Aksoltan Ataeva noted that the resolution is aimed at establishing a solid platf...

On 5 September 2024, a round table with the participation of leading Finnish companies “Finnish Water Forum”, “Watermaster”, “Wärtsilä”, “Agronic Oy”, “Reorbit”, Finnish Meteorological Institute and others was held in Helsinki in the premises of the EastCham Finland. At the event, the Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova, and the Finnish side was led by Director General of “EastCham Finland” Ms. Jaana Rekolainen. During the s...

On 6 September 2024, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov and the Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Umberto de Pretto. During the meeting, the parties noted the positive cooperation experience between Turkmenistan and IRU, as well as defined further actions to improve interconnectivity between the countries through the development of multimodal transit-transp...

On 4 September 2024, the Arkadag city has received three awards at the World Smart City Expo 2024 held in Goyang, Republic of Korea. The high awards were presented to national and foreign cities, as well as to companies that have achievements in various industries. It is noteworthy that the smart city Arkadag became the first participant of the event to receive an award. The following awards were presented to the Turkmen side: “Smart City Excellence Award”, which was awarded only to Arkada...

On 4 September 2024, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov met with Matilda Bogner, Regional Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia (OHCHR). During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on further strengthening of cooperation between Turkmenistan and OHCHR. In this context, it was highlighted that Turkmenistan carries out multifaceted partnership with relevant international organizations with the ai...

On 3 September 2024, Turkmen-Swedish political consultations were held in Stockholm. The Turkmen side was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova, the Swedish side was led by Tobias Thyberg, Head of the Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. During the inter-MFA consultations, the sides discussed the current state of bilateral relations and opportunities for their development. The sides also exchan...