On April 23, 2018, the National Exhibition of Turkmenistan started its work in Tashkent, devoted to the state visit of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Uzbekistan. The main objective of the exhibition, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in conjunction with the National Exhibition Company "Uzexpocentre", is the expansion of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation. The large-scale exposition demonstrates the achievements and prospects for the deve...

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...

Within the framework of the month of sports events under the motto «Health and Happiness", held annually in the country, it has become a tradition to organize sports tournaments in various sports with the participation of the teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic missions accredited in Ashgabat. This year dozens of representatives and teams competed in such sports as table tennis, chess, volleyball and mini-football. Competitions on table tennis took place in the sports c...

The first in Central Asia interagency consultative meeting was held in Ashgabat on the development of the Regional Program for the Protection of the Environment for Sustainable Development. The organizers of the event are ICSD IFAS, the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources with the support of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). The meeting was attended by representatives of ministries and departments, which formed the national working group on th...

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, 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...

On April 16, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of Romania headed by the Minister of Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship of Romania Stefan Radu Oprea, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the talks, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects for expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation. The sides discussed the possibilities of boosting joint trade turnover and the need to incre...