On June 23, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the Director of the Permanent Mission of the Asian Development Bank in Turkmenistan, Chang Ching Yu. During the negotiations, priority areas of cooperation were discussed, including the practical implementation of new promising projects. In particular, issues of developing close cooperation in the banking sector, as well as the intensification of work on the implementation of joint projects in the energy and transport sec...

On June 23, 2020, the Turkmen-Uzbek consultations on political and economic issues were held online in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegations were headed by the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan V.Hajiyev and I.Nematov. During the consultations, the development of political-diplomatic dialogue between the two countries was discussed, as well as the importance of regular high-level contacts was underlined. The diplomats...

The solemn ceremony of opening the Week Culture took place at the administrative center of  Dashoguz region.The annual forum is held on occasion of the Day of Workers of Culture and Arts and the Poetry of Magtymguly Fraghi, which is widely celebrated in our country. The opening ceremony took place at the Gorogly Square in front of the Rukhyet Palace. Music sounded everywhere, the atmosphere of extraordinary creative enthusiasm reigned at the square. The expositions telling about the origin...

On June 22, 2020, the online talks were held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahayan. The parties stated the high level of bilateral cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. The significance of high-level contacts in the context of advancing the Turkmen-Emirates ties was highlighted. The coun...

On June 20, 2020, the Embassy of India in Turkmenistan organized an event dedicated to the International Day of Yoga that took place in the Centre of Yoga and Traditional Medicine located in the “Bagtyyarlyk” sport complex of Ashgabat city. The representatives of the diplomatic corps of the country, residents of Turkmenistan and other countries practicing yoga took part in the event distantly.  As is known, the International Day of Yoga was established by the UN General Assembly in 2014 up...

On June 19, 2020, telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Warmly welcoming each other, the leaders of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to exchange views on priority issues of traditionally friendly interstate relations, which are in the nature of strategic partnership, and relevant aspects of regional and international issues. During the convers...

On June 19, 2020, online negotiations were held on the accession of Turkmenistan to the World Bank Doing Business project. The negotiations were attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, an employee of the World Bank’s representative office in Turkmenistan, as well as World Bank specialists via video link.   Noting the productive nature of cooperation with the Worl...