PRIORITY ISSUES OF TURKMEN-IRANIAN COOPERATION DISCUSSED IN TEHRAN On 12-13 May 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov paid a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Upon arrival in Tehran, the delegation of Turkmenistan had a meeting with the Minister of Roads and Urban Construction, the head of the Iranian part of the joint Turkmen-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Coope...

SLOVAK AMBASSADOR IN TURKMENISTAN PRESENTED COPIES OF HIS CREDENTIALS AT THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN On May 14, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovakia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tashkent) Mr. Jan Bori, who arrived to the Turkmen capital on a working visit. During the talks, the sides discussed issues of further cooperation between the two countries on the principles o...

TURKMEN-PALESTINIAN POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS IN ASHGABAT On May 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there were political consultations between the foreign ministries of Turkmenistan and Palestine. The Palestinian delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Mazen Shamia. The parties discussed the current state of relations and outlined the directions for their further expansion. Noting the high level of political and diplomatic cooperation, the sides expressed t...

DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN ATTENDED OSCE MEETING ON GENDER EQUALITY On May 8, 2018, OSCE Human Dimension Committee meeting on "Gender Equality" took place in Vienna. The Ombudsman of Turkmenistan Y.Gurbannazarova attended this meeting and presented a report on the gender situation in the country. In her speech, Y.Gurbannazarova informed the meeting about the gender policy of Turkmenistan, equal participation of women in all spheres of socio-political, economic, social and cultural life of...

COORDINATION MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ON DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS RELATED TO SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE ARAL SEA BASIN On May 9-10, 2018, a Coordination Meeting of the Executive Committee of IFAS with international partners on development of programs related to solving the problems of the Aral Sea Basin took place in the conference hall of the hotel "Archabil" in Ashgabat. The main goal of the meeting w...

MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA TO DISCUSS PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER COOPERATION On May 8, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova in Turkmenistan (with residence in Kiev) Mr. Ruslan Bolbochan. During the negotiations, the parties discussed the current state and prospects for the development of cooperation. The participants of the meeting noted the need fo...

NEXT ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE "FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMACY OF TURKMENISTAN" HAS BEEN PUBLISHED The first issue of the quarterly, scientific-practical magazine "Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of Turkmenistan" prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan has been published this month. The magazine is opened by an article dedicated to one of the main events of 2018 - solemn ceremonies on the occasion of the start of the construction on February 23, 2018 in the Serhetabat district o...