A lecture series on the structure, principles and values of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe took place from 5 to 7 November 2019 at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the three-day course as part of its activities dedicated to the Centre’s 20th anniversary. Around 40 students specializing in International Law and International Relations from the Institute of International R...

Balkan velayat cotton producers have reported on the fulfillment of their contractual obligations, having harvested 5,000-plus tons of ‘white gold’. A festive event to mark the occasion turned into a big celebration and was attended by representatives of the regional administration, top-performing farmers, and scores of local residents. The attendees enthusiastically welcomed President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s congratulatory address to cotton growers, pickers, combine opera...

On the 6th of November 2019, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived to the Italian Republic on an official visit. In the Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino International Airport, the Turkmen leader was received by the high-ranking representatives of Italy and the members of the governmental delegation of Turkmenistan.      From the airport, the motorcade of the President of Turkmenistan headed to the hotel “Rome Cavalieri” where the residence assigned to the Head of Turkm...

On the 6th of November, 2019, the meeting of the Ambassadors of the Non-Aligned Movement member states took place in the Palace of Nations in Geneva.  The heads and representatives of the diplomatic missions of the NAM countries and observes-states of the Movement at the UN Office in Geneva participated to the meeting.  During the session, the participants exchanged views on the 18th Summit of the Heads of States and Governments of the Non-Aligned Movement which was held on October 25-26, 201...

On the 6th of November 2019, the official visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Italian Republic has started.  The same day, the business forum in participation of the representatives of the state and private sectors of Turkmenistan and Italy took place in the «Rosa Grand Milano» hotel of Milan. During the event, the participants of the forum discussed the opportunities of developing cooperation in the area of energy, gas-and-oil producing industry, telecommu...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has visited the site of the large construction project ongoing in the Turkmen capital to check on the progress of works, the city’s redevelopment and social infrastructure improvement. Upon arrival at the site of the project being carried out as part of the 16th stage of the Ashgabat Redevelopment Program, the head of state asked about the construction progress. Ashgabat Khyakim Sh. Durdylyev and Vice-Chairman of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepren...

On November 5-6, 2019, the International Conference “Rational use of water resources – key for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” was held in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat which gathered more than 60 experts from 10 countries of the world. The representatives of nine international and regional organizations which are implementing the projects in the field of water resources management took part in the work of the conference. The State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan...