ROUND TABLE ON "TURKMENISTAN IS THE HEART OF THE GREAT SILK ROAD" HELD IN BAKU On March 7, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Baku jointly with the Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry organized a roundtable on "Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road". The event took place in the university building. The round table was attended by academics, the faculty of the university, as well as Turkmen students and students studying at this university from China, Pakistan, Indi...

THE NEXT ROUND OF TURKMEN-TURKISH POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WAS HELD IN ASHGABAT On March 9, 2018, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Turkey were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of the Turkish side was headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Umid Yardim, who arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit. During the talks, the sides discussed topical issues of interstate cooperati...

THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTED THE JOINT STATEMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN CENTRAL ASIA, INITIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN On March 9, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the Joint Statement on the promotion and protection of human rights in Central Asia within the framework of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, initiated by the Government of Turkmenistan. This document underscores the Central Asian countries' commitment to f...

TURKMENISTAN AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH DISCUSSED FURTHER PROSPECTS FOR COOPERATION On March 9, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov met with the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Mr. Shahriyar Alam, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, analyzing the current state of relations between Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the sides expressed the need for...

TURKMENISTAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN DISCUSSED A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES OF COOPERATION On March 7, 2018, the fifth meeting of the joint Turkmen-Tatarstan Working Group on Trade-Economic, Scientific-Technical and Cultural Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. Heads and representatives of leading ministries, industry departments and enterprises of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tatarstan took part in it. The meeting was chaired from Turkmen side by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Tu...

A MEETING WITH THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WAS HELD AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS On March 6, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Russian Federation led by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexander Gruzdev who arrived in Ashgabat to attend the fifth meeting of the High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Support within the framework of the Int...

MEETING IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN WITH THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CIS On March 6, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - the Executive Secretary of the CIS V.Guminsky, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of the mission of CIS observers to monitor the election campaign of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The main topic o...