On October 15, 2019, the 15th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting of the Commission was headed by: from the Turkmen side, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov, from the Iranian side - Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran M. Eslami. At the beginning of the mee...

The first International Theater Festival “ABISH ALEMI” was held on October 11-14, 2019 in the Kazakh city of Aktau, which was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the outstanding Kazakh writer Abish Kekilbaev. Theater groups from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan took part in the festival. Turkmenistan was represented at the festival by the State Music and Drama Theater of Lebap Province named after Seyitnazar Seydi. The play “Dayakhatyn”, pre...

On October 12, 2019, in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the representatives of national and foreign media, as well as heads and representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, a briefing was held on the meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Council of Heads of States of the CIS held in Ashgabat on 10 and 11 October, 2019. Besides the Head of the external policy agency o...

The Summit of the Heads of States Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Ashgabat on October 11, 2019. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I.Aliyev, the Prime-minister of the Republic of Armenia N.Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus A.Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic S.Jeenbekov, the President of the Republic of Moldova I.Dodon, the President of the Russian Federation V.Putin,...

On October 10, 2019, the meeting of the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN office in Geneva with the newly appointed Director-General of the UN office at Geneva Ms. Tatiana Valovaya took place in the Palace of Nations of Geneva. Firstly, the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan conveyed the greetings and congratulations on behalf of the leadership of Turkmenistan on the occasion of her appointment to the important diplomatic mission.   During the conversation, the Direc...

On October 10, 2019, the Session of the Foreign Ministers’ Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan.  The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan E.Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Z.Mnatsakanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus V.Makei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan M.Tleuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ch.Aydarbekov, S...

On October 4, 2019, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Regional Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia Ryszard Komenda. During the meeting, the parties discussed the cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN OHCHR including the implementation of assumed obligations and the execution of human rights conventions in which Turkmenistan takes part. The guest highly appraised the readiness of the country to participat...