On December 13, 2019 in Rome, Italy, the international conference "Italy and Central Asia: Strengthening Mutual Understanding, Cooperation and Partnership" was held. The event was attended by a representative Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. This meeting is the first in the format of "Italy and Central Asia", will create ample opportunities to identify ways and directions of partnership between the countries of the region and Italy. During t...

On November 28-29, 2019, the working visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Uzbekistan will take place.  Within the framework of the visit, the bilateral meeting of the President of Turkmenistan with the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is planned to take place. The leaders of the two nations will consider the opportunities of expanding the Turkmen-Uzbek ties on the whole range of cooperation.

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...

From 12-14 November 2019, a three-day global Summit on reproductive health, gender equality and improving maternal health takes place in Nairobi, Kenya. The governments of Kenya and Denmark along with the United Nations Population Fund are co-convening the summit. Top government officials, including heads of states, parliamentarians, experts and representatives from non-governmental and civil society organizations participate at the Nairobi Summit. The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by A.G...

The official opening of the 40th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO took place on November 12, 2019 in Paris, in which the Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Education A. Atabaeva took part. The General Conference opened with a speech by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay. On the first day of the General Conference, general debates were organized with the participation of 16 heads of states and governments on ecology a...

On November 12, 2019, a meeting was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the leading German bank concern “Deutsche Bank AG” headed by the Chief Executive Officer, Head of Regional Directors for Central and Eastern Europe Joerg Bongartz.   During the talks, the parties noted the success of longstanding cooperation between Turkmenistan and “Deutsche Bank AG,” as well as discussed the key aspects of collaboration. The issues of partnerships with the German companies and the rol...