On November 19, 2019, in the building of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk, a regular meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiaries of the CIS member states to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth took place. At the end of the Council meeting, on the initiative of the Turkmen side, a round table was held on the adoption at the meeting of the Council of the Heads of State of the CIS in Ashgabat on October 11 this year of the Declar...

On November 18, 2019, the high-level events in the framework of the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) have started in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat.  The opening of the SPECA Days started with the session of the Working Group on Sustainable Transport, Transit and Connectivity, as well as the round table on trade policy. The heads and representatives of the relevant ministries and sector agencies of the participating states of t...

On November 15-16, 2019, according to the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was on the visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan to attend the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Central Asian countries. During the meeting in Tashkent, the heads of external policy agencies of the Central Asia countries discussed the key aspects of cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-...

On November 14, 2019, the consultations on “Cooperation between the CIS participating states in the field of combatting terrorism: overall challenges and threats” were held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.    The authorized representatives of the Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the CIS Executive Committee participated to the meeting. The participants of...

On November 13, 2019, the second meeting of the Working Committee of the Agreement on the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridors between the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Sultanate of Oman, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ashgabat Agreement) has started in the Ministry of Industry and Communications of Turkmenistan.    To attend the work of the current meeting, the leading specialists of the respective ministries and agencies of the s...

On November 8-9, 2019, the 24th session of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Economic Cooperation Organization took place in the Turkish city of Antalya.  Turkmenistan was represented at this event by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev.  During the session, the participants discussed the current level of cooperation, the work done to implement the ECO Prospects until 2025, as well as made proposals on further strengthening of external economic policy ties on t...

On November 5-11, 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan is on a working trip to Shanghai and takes part in the 2nd China International Import Exhibition, held under the motto “New Era Shared Future.” On the 5th of November, the opening ceremony of the exhibition was held, where President Xi Jinping was present and made a speech. The President of France Emmanuel Macron participated at the exhibition as the guest of honor. The event was also attended by the heads of states and governments fro...