On June 29, 2023, large-scale celebrations were held in Turkmenistan with the participation of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in honor of the opening of the new city of Arkadag. The implementation of this megaproject is planned in two stages. As part of the completed first stage of development, 336 social, cultural and other facilities were erected. On June 16, with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan, the laying ceremony of the second phase of the construction of the new city...

On June 28, 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Secretary General of the Union of Engineers and Architects of the Turkic World Ilyas Demirci, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the opening of the city of Arkadag. At the beginning of the meeting, I.Demirci presented the head of state with the medal "For outstanding services to the Turkic world", noting his huge personal contribution to the formation of the unique image of modern, dy...

On June 23, 2023, Turkmen-Lithuanian inter-MFA consultations were held in the building of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev, the Lithuanian side - by the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Mantas Adomenas. During the discussions, an analysis was made of the current agenda of cooperation between the two countries. The parties expressed a common opinion re...

On June 23, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev held talks with a delegation led by Ambassador, the Coordinator for Central Asia of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gianluca Grandi. During the meeting, the parties discussed issues on the bilateral agenda, as well as prospects for the development of Turkmen-Italian relations in a number of aspects of political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian nature. The diplomats noted the fruitf...

On June 21, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Mahri Byashimova, met with the Director General of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE) Nikolay Mladenov in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, N.Mladenov briefed the Turkmen delegation on the structure, functions and tasks of this educational institution, which combines academic activities, research and training of diplomatic personnel. Then the meeting continued in an expanded format with the teaching staff of the...

The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev participates on June 19-20, 2023 in the events within the framework of the High-Level Counter-Terrorism Week in New York. On June 19, the head of the delegation spoke at the second session of the main event - the Meeting of the Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of the UN Member States. In his speech, V.Hajiyev noted the need to strengthen the mechanism of the updated Action Plan f...

On June 19, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Turkmenistan Philippe Merlin. The diplomat conveyed warm greetings to the Head of Turkmenistan from President of France Emmanuel Macron, who addressed the wishes of happiness, prosperity and well-being to the Turkmen people. Greeting the authorized representative of the friendly country in the ancient and hospitable Turkmen la...