A meeting was held in Brussels between the Head of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan, Mr. Maksat Hudaykulyyev, and Mr. Ian Saunders, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, on the margins of the 147th/148th Sessions of the WCO Council, to which the delegation of Turkmenistan is participating. During the meeting, the Head of the State Customs Service briefed the Secretary General on the ongoing efforts in Turkmenistan to modernize customs infrastructure, upgrade customs ch...

Ambassador of Turkmenistan Sapar Palvanov visited the headquarters of Air Belgium, where he met with Mr. Georges Chachati, CEO of Air Belgium. They discussed the outcomes of Mr. Chachati’s recent productive visit to Turkmenistan, during which he held talks with the leadership of the country’s transport sector. As a result of his visit to Turkmenistan, an agreement was signed on the launch of cargo air transport operations through Ashgabat International Airport. Special attention was paid t...

A new session of the “Ambassador Insider Series”, organised by The Brussels Times, was held in Brussels under the theme “Port Security, Geopolitics and the Strategic Role of European Ports.” The event brought together ambassadors and senior diplomatic representatives for a focused exchange on the growing role of ports in Europe’s economic, transport and security landscape. The discussion was attended by Sapar Palvanov, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of the Missi...

A high-level event dedicated to the launch of the Connectivity Agenda Platform, a new interregional mechanism aimed at strengthening transport, energy, digital and trade links between Europe and Central Asia through the Caspian, South Caucasus and Black Sea regions, was held in the capital of Belgium. Turkmenistan was represented at the event by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of the Mission of Turkmenistan to the European Union, Sapar Palvanov, who delivered...

This past Sunday, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan Sapar Palvanov hosted at the Embassy the students of Specialized secondary school No. 97 of Ashgabat, members of the Oguzrobot team, who successfully represented Turkmenistan at the FIRST Tech Challenge European Premier Event 2026 in Eindhoven, the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Oguzrobot team earned the right to participate in the European Premier Event after its successful performance at the FIRST Tech Challenge Central Asia 2026, held in As...

Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Kingdom of Belgium Sapar Palvanov addressed the first cross-cultural dialogue organized by the Central-Asian European Creative Alliance (CAECA), held at Holland House, Brussels. The event, entitled “When Cultural Diplomacy and International Cultural Relations Collide?!”, was organized at the initiative of CAECA Founder Yelena Kharitonova and brought together a broad and distinguished audience, including ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps, represe...

Yesterday, a working breakfast of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, Maxime Prévot, with the Ambassadors of the countries of Central Asia and Mongolia took place at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels. The meeting was held at the initiative of the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belgium Sapar Palvanov and coordinated by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. The discussion focused on the prospects...