VISIT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY FEDERICA MOGHERINI TO ASHGABAT On the 5th of July 2019, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission Ms. Federica Mogherini arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the visit, the high-level guest will meet with the Chairwoman of the Parliament (Mejlis) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

ANNUAL SESSION OF THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY BEGAN ITS WORK IN LUXEMBOURG On July 4, 2019, the 28th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly began its work in Luxembourg. During the event of the first day, the agenda and a number of resolutions were approved, which are planned to be adopted by three committees (military-political, economic and humanitarian). On July 5, the Second Committee on economic issues considered a draft resolution presented by the Republic of Belarus “...

TURKMEN-POLISH POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WERE HELD IN ASHGABAT On July 4, 2019, Turkmen-Polish political consultations on the level of the deputy ministers of foreign policy agencies of the two countries were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Polish delegation was headed by the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Marcin Przydacz, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting the sides...

A MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DELEGATION WAS HELD AT THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN On July 4, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Russian delegation, headed by the deputy minister of economic development of the Russian Federation, who has arrived to Ashgabat for participating in the 7th High Level Trade and Investment Support Group Meeting of the Turkmen-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation. At the beginning of the meeting, both s...

A MEETING WITH THE DELEGATION OF IRELAND WAS HELD AT THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN On July 4, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of Ireland headed by the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Ireland, Ambassador David Donoghue, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties expressed their commitment to the development of multilateral relations between the two countries. Noting with satisfacti...

THE TOUR OF “GALKYNYSH” HORSE GROUP WAS HELD IN CHINA On June 29, 2019 the opening ceremony of the tour of “Galkynysh” horse group took place in northeastern Jilin Province (Changchun). The opening ceremony was attended by Mr. Lanjun, Chairman of the Council for the Development of National Trade of China, party and economic leaders at various levels of Jilin Province, heads of the organizing tour company Jilin Shengshi Totem Horse Calche Co. Ltd., representatives of the Federation of Entre...

TURKMENISTAN UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED AS PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT On June 27, 2019, in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected as a permanent member of the Council of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) during its 66th session. Turkmenistan was entered in the list of group “A” as the 157th member of this Council. The supreme body of UNCTAD is the Conference, which holds its ministerial-level sessi...