In order to ensure safe social, economic, and environmental conditions for the population living in earthquake-prone areas of the country, determine and record the level of seismic risk, reduce the impact of potential earthquakes, as well as successfully implement the tasks envisaged in the Seismic Risk Reduction Programme of Turkmenistan, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Decree on the establishment of the Interdepartmental Council for seismic risk reduction in earthquake regions of the...

President of Turkmenistan receives Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó, who arrived in our country.  Expressing gratitude for the opportunity of a personal meeting, the guest conveyed the best wishes to the people of Turkmenistan on behalf of the President of Hungary János Áder. It was underlined the aspiration of the Hungarian partners for widening mutually beneficial cooperation with our country that pursues the constructive foreign-policy course and possesses i...

As is known, Tekmil Company, which is member of the UIET, will build the exhibition hall of Turkmenistan at the EXPO 2020, which is to be held under slogan “Connecting minds, creating the future” in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) from October 2020 to April 2021. According to the designers, national exposition will be concentrated embodiment of grandiose modern achievements and original traditions of Turkmen nation, its historical and cultural heritage, spiritual and mental foundations, prioriti...

On May 20, 2019, the OSCE regional seminar “Towards regional economic interconnectedness - national trade and transport facilitation mechanisms” began its work in Ashgabat. The seminar, organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat with the assistance of the Turkmen side, was attended by the leaders and representatives of the OSCE, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan. In addition, representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as international exper...

On May 17-18, 2019, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation realized a working visit to the Republic of Adygea.  In the framework of the visit, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan held negotiations with the Head of Adygea Murat Kumpilov.  During the meeting, the issues of developing friendly and business relations, as well as cultural-humanitarian aspects were discussed.      The parties specifically noted the positive development of ties between...

On the 20th of May 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  During the visit, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with his Hungarian counterpart was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan.    During the talks, the parties discussed multilateral and regional cooperation of Turkmenistan and Hungary in the framework of reputable international organizations.  Also, an exchange of views held pl...

On the eve of the International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day), which is celebrated on May 22, a seminar on the assessment of the state of the flora and fauna of Turkmenistan with the participation of the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection and the scientific community of the country was held in Ashgabat. Axel Paulsch, a representative of the Secretariat of the Interstate Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES),...