On October 23, 2019, in the morning President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Japanese Parliament, Tadamori Oshima. Warmly welcoming the distinguished guest, Mr. Oshima noted that it was a great honor for him to meet with the head of Turkmenistan. At the same time, the high level of relations between the two states was emphasized, as well as the dynamic nature of the established inter-parliamentary relations. Thanking for the...

On October 23, 2019, at the Akasaka Palace, a meeting was held between President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Welcoming the distinguished guest, the Head of the Japanese Government thanked the Head of Turkmenistan for accepting the invitation to visit Tokyo and taking part in the celebrations of the accession to the throne of Emperor Naruhito, as well as for the attention paid to issues of interstate relations. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also thanked Presid...

On October 23, 2019, in Tokyo, as part of a working visit of the government delegation of Turkmenistan headed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Japan, a ceremony of signing bilateral documents was held, reinforcing the desire of the parties to intensify multi-format interaction. Among them: General agreement between the State Committee for Water Resources of Turkmenistan and the company Itochu Corporation (Japan) on the sale of earth moving equipment; General agreement between the age...

On October 22, 2019, the XXIV International Exhibition and Conference "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan - 2019" opened in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat. The organizer of these large-scale events is the “Turkmennebit” State Concern in partnership with the Turkmen Forum company. During the official opening ceremony, the Welcome address of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was read to the participants of the XXIV International Confe...

On October 22, 2019 in Riyadh, a round table was held between representatives of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and employees of the Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute for the Study of Diplomacy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The round table was attended by the Chief Director and academic staff of the Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, as well as the Turkmen delegation composed of scientific representatives of...

On October 22, 2019, the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel hosted the ceremony of conferring the academic title of Honorary Doctor of the University of Hirosaki to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who arrived on a working visit to Tokyo the day before. The ceremony was attended by the faculty and students of the University of Hirosaki, other Japanese universities, representatives of the Japan-Turkmenistan Association for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, members of the officia...

On 21 and 22 October, 2019, the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, jointly with the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), organized a seminar on institutional and legislative measures to combat corruption in Ashgabat. The seminar was part of the OSCE’s Strengthening Adherence to Good Governance Principles project. The event brought together representatives of different ministries and state bodies, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Fin...