Today, on 11th of May, the meeting of the co-chairmen of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Chinese Committee for Cooperation: the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan S.G.Berdimuhamedov and the Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Han Zheng was held. During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects of development of Turkmen-Chinese relations of strategic partnership. Special emp...

Cooperation between Turkmenistan and China in the gas sector is an essential component of the strategic partnership between the two countries. The key areas of cooperation were specified during a telephone conversation held on May 6 between the leaders of the two countries - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Xi Jinping. The implementation of the agreements achieved earlier was discussed at the meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Deputy Minister of Foreign A...

On May 11, 2021, the fourth regular meeting of Turkmen-Korean Business Council has been held via videoconferencing. The Turkmen side was represented at the meeting by the heads and officers of the Ministry of Industry and Construction Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection, State Committee for Water Resources, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other relevant ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan. The Korean side was represented by the heads and representatives...

City Hall and public organizations of Ashgabat have proposed an initiative on organization of ecological actions for all who wish would be able to participate on May 10 – 25. Today, importance of ecological issues, without solution of which it is impossible to achieve the sustainable development, is realized in the world like never. Every year, the President of Turkmenistan launches nation-wide action for tree planting. Green belt has been formed around the capital, which makes positive effec...

On May 11, 2021 OSCE Regional Conference on Countering Terrorist Financing and Transnational Organized Crime was held. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD). OSCE participating States from Central Asia and from other parts of the OSCE area, senior experts from the academia, private sector and civil society, as well as from the United Nations and o...

War veterans, heroes of those hard days are honored all around the world to mark the76th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War. My story is about one of them Sergey Tevosovich Aganyan. Having visited the veteran in his house, whose biography has reflected all remarkable events from the history of our country and Ashgabat, I found myself in special world filled with patriotism. From the first step in the house, black and white photos covered with tiny net of cracks, which picture Serge...

On May 11, 2021, the presentation of the new book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov «Ashgabat - The White City» was held in the conference hall of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The publication of the book became a unique gift for the 140th Anniversary of the Turkmen capital. The rectors, professors, teachers and students from local universities, heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations...