On May 20, 2019, the OSCE regional seminar “Towards regional economic interconnectedness - national trade and transport facilitation mechanisms” began its work in Ashgabat. The seminar, organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat with the assistance of the Turkmen side, was attended by the leaders and representatives of the OSCE, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan. In addition, representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as international exper...

On the 20th of May 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  During the visit, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with his Hungarian counterpart was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan.    During the talks, the parties discussed multilateral and regional cooperation of Turkmenistan and Hungary in the framework of reputable international organizations.  Also, an exchange of views held pl...

On the 17th of May 2019, Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Malaysia presented the letter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to the Secretary General of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Lim Jock Hoi on his appointment as the representative of the country near this organization.   After submitting the letter, the Ambassador and the Secretary General held a bilateral meeting, during which Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi proposed to organize joint events with the...

On the 18th of May 2019, a meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Taro Kono who have arrived to Tajikistan to participate to the High-Level Conference “International and regional cooperation on countering terrorism and its financing through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime” was held. During the negotiations, the sides noted with satisfaction the positive dynamics of development of Turkmen-Japanese relatio...

On the 17th of May 2019, the first meeting of newly established Interdepartmental Working Group on the preparation of the Working Plan of Turkmenistan in the framework of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme for the period of 2020-2022, Commission on Narcotic Drugs for the period of 2020-2023 and Commission on Population and Development for the period of 2020-2024 was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  Turkmenistan has been elected to these structures on May 7,...

On May 16-17, 2019, the High-Level Conference “International and regional cooperation on countering terrorism and its financing through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime” was held in Dushanbe.  At the conference, Turkmenistan was represented by the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.    The Conference was organized by the government of the Republic of Tajikistan jointly with the UN, OSCE and other reputable international organizations.  Delegati...

On May 16-17, 2019, the next XII Astana Economic Forum (hereinafter - AEF) was held in Nur-Sultan city, which was attended by delegates from 74 countries of the world. Nobel prize winner in Economics and the chief economist at the World Bank Paul Romer, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank of Russia Herman Gref, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka...