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...

On 14-16 January 2018, a representative delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov paid a two-day visit to Islamabad. On the morning of Monday, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the level of the ministers of foreign affairs were held at the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Khawaja Muhammad Asi...

The department of scientific and technical information and projects functions more than a year in the structure of the National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna (NIDFF) of the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources. Specialists of the new department are engaged in analyzing the world experience in various areas of ecosystem conservation and rational use of natural resources. Among the priority tasks of their activity is scientific support of measures for afforestati...

On January 13, 2018, a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Mr. Jin Ki Hoon was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state of relations and discussed further intensification of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. Speaking about the high achievements in the political sphere, the parties expressed their commitment to further strengthening...