On July 1, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev held talks with the Deputy Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Ciyong Zou, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the events on the grand opening of the city of Arkadag. During the meeting, the parties analyzed the current state of cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNIDO, and exchanged views on further expanding and strengthening the partnership. In...

On June 30, 2023, an international media forum was held in the city of Arkadag, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Broadcasting and Cinematography. The forum gathered more than 100 participants, including heads of academic circles and chief editors of the country's news agencies, representatives of relevant international organizations and associations, correspondents of national private news agencies, as well as forei...

On June 30, 2023, the International Investment Forum "Arkadag - a "smart" city" was held in the conference hall of the “Markav Hotel” in the new city, which brought together delegates from around the world, as well as representatives of leading international and regional organizations, authoritative financial institutions, and major foreign companies. From the Turkmen side, the heads of ministries and sectoral departments, banks, specialized institutions, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepre...

On June 30, 2023, a forum of city mayors was held, which was attended by the Secretary General of the international organization TURKSOY, heads of administrative structures of cities declared the cultural capital of the Turkic world, as well as numerous guests who were present at the opening ceremony of the "smart" city. In his speech, the Secretary General of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) Sultan Raev, emphasizing that immediately after the opening the city of Ark...

On June 29, 2023, large-scale celebrations were held in Turkmenistan with the participation of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in honor of the opening of the new city of Arkadag. The implementation of this megaproject is planned in two stages. As part of the completed first stage of development, 336 social, cultural and other facilities were erected. On June 16, with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan, the laying ceremony of the second phase of the construction of the new city...

On June 28, 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Secretary General of the Union of Engineers and Architects of the Turkic World Ilyas Demirci, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the opening of the city of Arkadag. At the beginning of the meeting, I.Demirci presented the head of state with the medal "For outstanding services to the Turkic world", noting his huge personal contribution to the formation of the unique image of modern, dy...

On June 28, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held talks with the Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Khusrav Noziri, who arrived in Ashgabat on a visit. During the meeting, priority issues and prospects for further expansion of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the ECO were discussed. The parties noted the great opportunities for regional partnership in such topical areas as trade, transport, investment, energy, ecology, a...