Today, on December 28, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov departed on a working visit to Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation to take part in the informal summit of the heads of the countries-members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The traditional meeting of the heads of the CIS Member-States, initiated by the President of the Russian Federation, is attended by the heads of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan...

On December 23, 2021, the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan has registered “Sputnik Light” vaccine and issued corresponding certificate. As is known, “Sputnik Light” at present was registered in more than 15 countries and in 30 countries the vaccine is in the process of registration. RDIF also notes that the production of this vaccine is scheduled in more than 10 countries. In particular, the release of the vaccine “Sputnik Light” should begin in the near futu...

Today, on December 22, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a briefing dedicated to the study of the experience of foreign countries to prevent the penetration and spread of coronavirus infection in the country was held. The briefing was attended by heads and employees of the Foreign Ministry, as well as heads of diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan accredited abroad. Speaking at the briefing, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affai...

On December 21, 2021, a meeting of the heads of the healthcare structure of the country with the heads of the diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan, accredited abroad took place at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the meeting the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan S.Toilyev made opening remarks. The Vice-Premier praised the ongoing comprehensive preventive measures undertaken by the Government of Turkmenistan to pre...

On the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, today in Islamabad, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held talks with the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Arif Alvi. At the beginning of the meeting, the head of the Turkmen delegation conveyed greetings from the President of Turkmenistan. The Minister noted that the talks between the President of Turkmenistan and the Presid...

On December 20, 2021, the regular Eleventh meeting of Joint Intergovernmental Turkmen-Kazakh Commission on economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The co-chair of the Commission from Turkmen side is the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Ch.Gylydjov, and the co-chair from Kazakhstan side is Deputy Prime Minister R.Sklyar. The agenda of the meeting which was attended by the heads and representatives of a number of ministries and agencies of the tw...

On December 19, 2021, in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was held on the topic "The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan", in which a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V. Hadjiyev took part. In its speech, the Turkmen side stressed the particular importance of providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people. In this conte...