EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN TO THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM ORGANIZED A MINI-FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN BRUSSELS On April 28, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan to the Kingdom of Belgium organized a mini-football tournament in Brussels dedicated to the month of mass sports and sports events held annually in Turkmenistan under the motto "Health and happiness". Sports teams from such diplomatic missions and international organizations as Central Asia (a single team - Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Taji...

THE AMBASSADOR OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM HAS PRESENTED THE COPIES OF HIS CREDENTIALS On April 26, 2018, a meeting has been held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) Mr. Ngo Duc Manh. During the talks, noting that one of the important priorities of Turkmenistan's foreign policy is the activation of a full-scale partnership with th...

POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN AND SWITZERLAND On April 26, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the political consultations had been held between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. The Swiss delegation was headed by Ambassador Nicolas Brühl, Assistant State Secretary for Europe, Central Asia and OSCE of FDFA of Switzerland. During the consultations, issues of bilateral relations in...

EXPERTS OF THE CASPIAN STATES DISCUSSED THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION On April 26-27, 2018 in Ashgabat, a regular meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian states was held, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economics and the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Affairs under the President of Turkmenistan. Now in its fourth year, the meeting of experts from Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan was held t...

THE VIII MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL AHALTEKE HORSE BREEDING ASSOCIATION WAS HELD IN ASHGABAT On April 26, 2018 in Ashgabat, under the chairmanship of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the VIII session of the International Ahalteke Horse Breeding Association was held. The forum was attended by the members of the government, foreign and domestic members of the International Ahalteke Horse Breeding Association, employees of the horse breeding industry of the country, representatives of t...

OSCE SEMINAR IN TURKMENISTAN PROMOTES BEST PRACTICES IN COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORISM FINANCING AND CORRUPTION Indicators of money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption and best practices for interagency co-operation were discussed at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded on 25 April 2018 in Ashgabat. The two-day event brought together some 35 officials representing the State Service of Turkmenistan on Countering Economic Crimes, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, fin...

THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF TURKMENISTAN STARTED ITS WORK IN TASHKENT On April 23, 2018, the National Exhibition of Turkmenistan started its work in Tashkent, devoted to the state visit of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Uzbekistan. The main objective of the exhibition, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in conjunction with the National Exhibition Company "Uzexpocentre", is the expansion of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation. The large-s...