On December 13, 2015 the ground-breaking ceremony of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and infrastructure facilities at the third development stage of the Galkynysh gas field that will be the resource base for the new energy route in the early stage took place in Mary Velayat. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz S...

On December 12, 2015 the Turkmen capital hosted the International Conference "The Policy of Neutrality: International Cooperation for Peace, Security and Development", which brought together heads of States and governments of various countries, representatives of the world's political elite, international and regional organizations.

On December 7, 2015 the opening ceremony of the Days of Culture of the Republic of Belarus in Turkmenistan has been held at the Palace of Mukams of Turkmenistan State Cultural Centre.The composition of the creative delegation of the friendly country included well-known groups, masters of arts, filmmakers, writers and artists.After the official part of the opening ceremony there was a concert of Belarusian masters of arts and culture. Its program included folk music and dance, opera arias, popula...

On December 7, 2015 in the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held talks with the President of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit.After the official ceremony of photographing on the background of the state flags of Turkmenistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan, the talks between the leader of Turkmenistan and distinguished gues...

On November 26, 2015 in Dushanbe, in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, was held regular political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan at the level of the deputy ministers. The agenda of the consultations included issues of further strengthening of the Turkmen-Tajik intergovernmental dialogue in the fields of political, trade-economic, transport and c...

On November 23, 2015 President of Turkmenistan H.E. Mr.Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, within the official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran participated to the Summit of the member states of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). GECF – an international intergovernmental organization, created in 2008 and uniting the countries. Its members are 12 countries: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Equatorial Guinea. The 6 c...

On October 22-24, 2015, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe visited Turkmenistan on the first official visit. Main goal of the visit was to share common principles and approaches to a number of fundamental problems in modern international politics. First and foremost, this concerns the strengthening of stability and security in Central Asia, in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Turkmenistan and Japan pay much attention to the problems of disarmament, speaking for the observance of...