A BRIEFING WAS HELD AT THE EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN IN SEOUL On February 23, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul on the main aspects of Turkmenistan's foreign policy and prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, heads of the Secretariat of the Cooperation Forum "Central Asia-Korea", the Association of Friendship between the Republic of Ko...

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AFGHAN SECTION OF THE TAPI GAS PIPELINE STARTED On February 23, 2018, the construction of the Afghan section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline had been started in the Serkhetabad district of Mary province, and the laying of power transmission lines and fiber-optic communication lines on the route Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) was launched. Together with this, the Serhetabat-Turgundi railway was put into operation. President...

A REGULAR MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE TAPI GAS PIPELINE PROJECT WAS HELD IN MARY On February 22, 2018, in the city of Mary, the 25th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline Project was held with the participation of high-level leaders and representatives of the sectoral ministries and departments of the participating countries of the project, as well as the Asian Development Bank. The agenda included key issues for the fu...

EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN IN UZBEKISTAN HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE On February 21, 2018, in the building of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Uzbekistan, a press conference was held dedicated to the results of Turkmenistan's foreign policy activities for 2017, as well as planned international events to be held in Turkmenistan in 2018. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, officers of diplomatic missions and international organizations acc...

THE SIDE-EVENT ON “INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY AND THE ROLE OF HISTORICAL TRANSPORT ROUTES: THE GREAT SILK ROAD” WAS HELD WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 80th SESSION OF THE UNECE ITC On February 20, 2018 at the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland, within the framework of the 80th session of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee (ITC), the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office organized the side-event entitled “Intermodal Connectivity and the role of historical transport routes:...

THE DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN TO THE OSCE MADE A STATEMENT ON THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION “STRENGTHENING THE LINKS BETWEEN ALL MODES OF TRANSPORT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” On February 19, 2018, the official representatives of Turkmenistan made a statement on the occasion of the adoption of the UNGA resolution “Strengthening the links between all modes of transport in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development” at the regular meeting of the OS...

ON FEBRUARY 17-18, 2018, SPORTS COMPETITIONS WERE HELD IN HONOR OF THE DAY OF THE DIPLOMATIC WORKER OF TURKMENISTAN On February 17-18, 2018, as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan and with the participation of sports teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, diplomatic missions and representatives of international organizations working in Ashgabat, sports competitions were held in the following sports: 1. Basketball 3х3 - in the spor...