A WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN SET UP TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The first in Central Asia interagency consultative meeting was held in Ashgabat on the development of the Regional Program for the Protection of the Environment for Sustainable Development. The organizers of the event are ICSD IFAS, the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources with the support of the German Society for International Cooperation...

BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON CONSULAR ISSUES WERE HELD BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN AND RUSSIA On April 18, 2018, bilateral consultations on consular issues at the level of the Deputy foreign ministers were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the representatives of relevant departments of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation. The Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs E. Ivanov. Noting the positive dynamics of the develop...

OSCE SUPPORTS DISCUSSION ON SOLAR ENERGY ROAD MAP IN TURKMENISTAN The development of a road map on solar energy in Turkmenistan was the focus of an OSCE-supported discussion in Ashgabat on 17 April 2018 for officials from the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Institute of Solar Energy of the Academy of Science of Turkmenistan, the State Committee for Environment Protection and Land Resources, professors from the Mary Turkmen State Energy Institute and representative...

DIRECT LINKS BETWEEN THE REGIONS OF TURKMENISTAN AND KAZAKHSTAN ARE DEVELOPING On April 17, 2018 a business forum took place in the National Tourist Zone "Avaza", in which representatives of state structures, industrial and business circles, cultural figures of the Balkan velayat of Turkmenistan and Mangistau region of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part. The agenda of the forum included issues of further expansion of trade, economic, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperat...

THE 23rd MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) HELD IN DUSHANBE On April 17, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O. Meredov, took part in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Dushanbe. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of ECO member states discussed the status of implementation of ECO pro...

SEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TURKMEN-ROMANIAN COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION On April 16, 2018, the seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Romanian Commission for Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by heads and representatives of leading ministries and industry departments of the two states. The co-chairman of the commission from the Romanian side was the Minister of Business Envir...

A MEETING WITH THE DELEGATION OF ROMANIA WAS HELD IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN On April 16, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of Romania headed by the Minister of Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship of Romania Stefan Radu Oprea, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the talks, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects for expanding bilateral trade and economic c...