On January 23, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) headed by the President of the Federation Oleg Matytsin, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. The sides discussed the issues of expanding further bilateral cooperation in the field of student sports, and also spoke for the expediency of direct contacts between FISU and the relevant sports structures of Turkmenistan, in...

On January 19, 2018, a press conference was held in the building of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey dedicated to the year "Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road" and Turkmenistan's achievements in transport diplomacy. The press conference was attended by representatives of the media of the Republic of Turkey, the friendship society “Turkmenistan-Turkey” as well as the lecturers and professors of some higher educational institutions of the country. During th...

On January 19, 2018 in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov had a meeting with the delegation of the Parliament of the Republic of Korea headed by the President of the parliamentary friendship group Korea-Turkmenistan Park Dae Chul. In the course of the meeting, the sides, noting the dynamics of successfully developing Turkmen-Korean cooperation, spoke in favor of expanding inter-parliamentary ties and further enhancing coo...

On January 19, 2018, the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Turkmenistan held a briefing, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Belarus. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan and the leading Turkmen media, as well as diplomats accredited in Turkmenistan. Minister of Culture of Turkmenistan A. Shamyradov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the R...

Turkmenistan is on the threshold of an important socio-political event - the election of Mejlis deputies and the velayat, etrap and city Halk Maslahaty and Gengesh members to be held on March 25, 2018.  A total of 125 Mejlis deputies are to be elected around the country. For the elections of velayat Halk Maslahaty members 240 electoral districts have been created, 40 in each of velayats and the city of Ashgabat. For the elections of etrap and city Halk Maslahaty members a total of 1200 electo...

On January 15, 2018, the 13th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member states began its work in the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran. Delegation from Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of the Mejlis A.Nurberdiyeva arrived in Tehran to attend the conference. In the afternoon, the meeting of the delegation of Turkmenistan with the speaker of the Majlis of Iran Ali Larijani was held in the building of the Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iranian Majlis speak...

On January 16, 2018, as part of his short-term visit to India, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov met in New Delhi with the Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Sushma Swaraj. Thanking the External Affairs Minister of India for organizing this meeting in a short time, R. Meredov briefly described the ongoing diversified activities of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the practical im...