On November 23, 2019, the official opening ceremony of the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in the United Arab Emirates was held in Dubai. The heads and representatives of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE, the chiefs and staff members of the diplomatic missions accredited in Dubai, as well as the representatives of the mass media participated to the event. While his address, the Consul-gener...

On November 23, 2019, the 15th session of the Joint Turkmen-Uzbek Commission on Trade-economic, Scientific-technical and Cultural Cooperation was held in Ashkhabad in the hotel “Archabil”. The Turkmen part of the Commission was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan E. Orazgeldyev, and the Uzbek part was led by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. Ramatov. During the meeting, the implementation of agreements was discussed, as w...

On November 22, 2019, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Belarus were held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. The Turkmen delegation was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; the Belarusian delegation was headed by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus A. Evdochenko. During the meeting, the parties highly appreciated the frie...

On November 28-29, 2019, the working visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Uzbekistan will take place.   Within the framework of the visit, the bilateral meeting of the President of Turkmenistan with the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is planned to take place. The leaders of the two nations will consider the opportunities of expanding the Turkmen-Uzbek ties on the whole range of cooperation.

On November 21, 2019, in the framework of the working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to Washington, a meeting was held with the US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Keith Krach.  The parties discussed the key issues of bilateral cooperation in trade-economic and transport-transit spheres, including the opportunities of expanding the partnership in the field of oil and gas industry, digital technologies and the renewable sources...

On November 21, 2019, the 14th Session of the Governing Council, the highest managing body of the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) was held in the hotel “Yildiz.”  This was the round-up  of the “SPECA Days” in Ashgabat. The representatives of the SPECA states-participants, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), as well as the specialists working in the spher...

On November 20-21, 2019, the 2019 SPECA Economic Forum “Connectivity: Sustainable Transport and Trade Facilitation in the SPECA subregion” took place in Ashgabat.    The Forum organized by the Government of Turkmenistan jointly with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was attended by the heads and specialists of the leading international organizations, the delegations of SPECA states-participa...