On May 31, 2019, Ashgabat will host a regular meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States’ Heads of Government Council within the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the CIS this year.     Representative delegations from the CIS countries will arrive to the country to participate in this meeting.  As part of this event, meetings of the heads of delegations with the President of Turkmenistan are expected on 30 and 31 May. During the meeting, relevant issues of political, trade...

On May 29, 2019, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Resolution “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.” The key officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, representatives of a number of higher educational institutions of the country, heads and represent...

On the 28th of May 2019, the 85th plenary meeting of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in the headquarters of the United Nations with participation of plenipotentiary representatives of the Organizations’ member-states.   During the meeting, the Resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea” initiated by Turkmenistan was adopted by consensus.  21 countries joined the co-sponsorship of the Resolution.    ...

During the period of May 27-31, 2019, the Seventy-fifth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.  The delegation headed by the Ombudsperson of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting.  It is an annual high-level meeting that functions as a universal platform for the countries of the Asia and the Pacific region that unites the heads of the governments, key officials and other regional social leaders for the exchange of views...

On the 27th of May 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) of the Kingdom of Bahrain, headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Ahmed Ali Al Sharyan who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues on the priority spheres of bilateral cooperation.  Also in the framework of the negotiations, the parties considered the...

On May 27, 2019, Turkmen-German political consultations were held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The German delegation was headed by Michael Siebert, the authorized representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. During the political consultations, the parties discussed the prospects for cooperation in the framework of reputable international organizations, especially t...

On May 23, 2019, the 13th Session of Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen Committees on Economic Cooperation was held chaired by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov from the Turkmen side and the Vice-president of “Itochu Corporation” Yoichi Kobayashi from the Japanese side. A respectable delegation of Japan consisting of more than 80 members, including the representatives of the Government of Japan, major Japanese companies,...