On November 29, 2019, in the morning, the President of Turkmenistan proceeded to the Kuksaroý Palace, which became the venue for the official events of the Summit. The first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon also arrived in Tashkent to participate in the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of Central Asia. After the traditional photograph...

On November 28, 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for the Republic of Uzbekistan with the aim of discussing the prospects of Turkmen-Uzbek collaboration, as well as to attend the second Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of Central Asia.   From the airport, the motorcade of the Turkmen Leader proceeded to the State Residence “Kuksaroy” where the meeting of the Heads of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took place.  Warmly greeting President Gurbanguly Berdim...

On November 28-29, 2019, the working visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Uzbekistan will take place.   Within the framework of the visit, the bilateral meeting of the President of Turkmenistan with the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is planned to take place. The leaders of the two nations will consider the opportunities of expanding the Turkmen-Uzbek ties on the whole range of cooperation.

On November 21, 2019, in the framework of the working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to Washington, a meeting was held with the US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Keith Krach.  The parties discussed the key issues of bilateral cooperation in trade-economic and transport-transit spheres, including the opportunities of expanding the partnership in the field of oil and gas industry, digital technologies and the renewable sources...

On November 21, 2019, the 14th Session of the Governing Council, the highest managing body of the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) was held in the hotel “Yildiz.”  This was the round-up  of the “SPECA Days” in Ashgabat. The representatives of the SPECA states-participants, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), as well as the specialists working in the spher...

On November 20-21, 2019, the 2019 SPECA Economic Forum “Connectivity: Sustainable Transport and Trade Facilitation in the SPECA subregion” took place in Ashgabat.    The Forum organized by the Government of Turkmenistan jointly with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was attended by the heads and specialists of the leading international organizations, the delegations of SPECA states-participa...

On November 20, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held the successive round of annual Turkmen-American political consultations in Washington.  During the consultations in the USA Department of State, the American side was represented by the Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Ms.Alice Wells.   The exchange of views on the current issues of bilateral agenda took place during the consultations. The participants of the m...