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...

During the period of 13-18 May, 2019, the Sixth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction on “the Achievements in attaining sustainability: on the way to stable and inclusive communities” is taking place in Geneva.     Turkmenistan is represented at this Forum by the delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Turkmenistan, Head of the Main Department on Civil Defense and Rescue Works of the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan.     The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction...

During the period of May 14-16, 2019, the World Hydropower Congress was held in Paris, where the implementation process of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals were discussed under the slogan: “The Power of water is in the strong and interconnected World.”     The official representatives of 70 countries, representatives of reputable international organizations, business circles, scientists and experts participated in the Congress.  Turkmenistan was represented at...

On the 16th of May 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam headed by the Deputy Head of International Department of the Central Committee of the Communistic Party of Vietnam Nguyen Tuan Phong, who has arrived to the Turkmen capital on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties noted the adherence to the development of multilateral relations between the two countries.  In this regard, the signifi...

On the 16th of May 2019, the opening ceremony of the Exhibition on agricultural achievements of Turkmenistan and International Scientific Conference “Achievements attained and further contemporary missions of the seed production industry of Turkmenistan” took place in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan.   In the beginning of the Exhibition, the congratulatory message of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed to the participants of the Exhibition and In...

On the 15th of May 2019, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Sayfullayev, who has arrived to Ashgabat to participate in the work of the XIV Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS.   During the meeting, the parties noted with satisfaction the high level of cooperation between the two brotherly countries in different areas, particularly the issues of developing the cult...