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...

On November 20, 2019, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian has arrived to Ashgabat on a two-day visit.  In the same day, the meeting of P.Burian with the Hyakim (Governor) of the Ahal region S.Berdimuhamedov was held. During the talks, the significance of cooperation of the EU with Turkmenistan from the geopolitical viewpoint was noted. The parties underlined the development of friendly relations of Turkmenistan with all the EU countries in the framework of its “Open Do...

On November 20, 2019, the meeting with the Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway Eivind Nordsletten was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  After exchanging warm greetings, the parties discussed the current state of affairs of Turkmen-Norwegian relations. The necessity of activating political-diplomatic dialogue on high level, as well as the development of economic collaboration for which good potential exists was noted. The s...

On November 20, 2019, a high-level event on the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by UNICEF Representative in Turkmenistan Christine Weigand, Minister of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan N. Amannepesov, Minister of Education of Turkmenistan M. Geldyniyazov, UNICEF specialists, young SDG ambassadors, representatives of other international organizations and diplomatic m...

On November 19, 2019, at the Istanbul University, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey and the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in Istanbul together with the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) and Istanbul University organized and held a ceremony of presentation of the translation into Turkish of the second book of the President of Turkmenistan “Turkmenistan - The Heart of the Great Silk Road”. The ceremony was attended by the rector of Istanbul Universit...

On November 19, 2019, in the building of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk, a regular meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiaries of the CIS member states to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth took place. At the end of the Council meeting, on the initiative of the Turkmen side, a round table was held on the adoption at the meeting of the Council of the Heads of State of the CIS in Ashgabat on October 11 this year of the Declar...