Turkmenistan is ready to consider specific investment proposals from foreign partners, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammethan Chakiyev said at the Türkmentel 2025 international exhibition and scientific conference in Ashgabat on Wednesday. Chakiyev said that projects will be implemented on a mutually beneficial and equitable basis as part of Turkmenistan’s “open-door” policy. Highlighting Turkmenistan’s transit and transport potential, Chakiyev noted that the...

Ashgabat opened the international exhibition and scientific conference Türkmentel-2025, along with the International Conference and Exhibition “International Transport Corridors: Connectivity and Development – 2025” (ITTC 2025) on Wednesday. The Türkmentel-2025 forum features leading companies, including Ozon, Huawei, Nokia, Cisco, Juniper, Thales, IBM, Mitsubishi, Turkish Post, Kras-Logistics GmbH, China CAMC Engineering, and China Harbour Engineering Company. The exhibition will showcase...

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda, who arrived in Turkmenistan on an official visit. Highlighting the importance of expanding international partnerships in Turkmenistan’s economic strategy, particularly through engagement with reputable financial and banking institutions, President Berdimuhamedov noted the effectiveness of the country’s long-standing cooperation with the ADB. Over the past 25 years, the ADB has financed several pro...

Following the instructions of the National Leader of the Turkmen People, given at a regular meeting of the Board of the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Children in Need of Care, humanitarian aid has been sent from Turkmenistan to earthquake-stricken Afghanistan. This is yet another example of how the good principles that the Turkmen people have created throughout their history and which serve as a model for the entire world are evolving in the spirit of the m...

During a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Mahri Bashimova and Deputy Managing Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the European External Action Service, Audronė Perkauskienė, current issues of cooperation were discussed. In particular, the parties discussed the results of the “Central Asia-European Union” ministerial meeting held in Ashgabat in March. Preparations for the upcoming International Forum, scheduled for December 12 in Ashgabat in honor of the I...

U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a working dinner Thursday at the White House with leaders of Central Asian countries as part of the second Central Asia + U.S. (C5+1) summit. The meeting brought together the presidents of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov; Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev; Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov; Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon; and Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The summit and working dinner marked the beginning of a new phase in the development of the C5+1 format and...

At its 43rd General Conference in Samarkand, UNESCO decided to establish a World Day of the Turkic Language Family, to be celebrated annually on December 15. The date was chosen to honor a significant event in the history of the study of Turkic languages: on December 15, 1893, the Danish scholar Wilhelm Thomsen deciphered the 8th-century Orkhon inscriptions, among the oldest written records of the Turkic alphabet. The initiative to establish the day was put forward by Turkish President Rec...