On September 19, 2018, the capital of Turkmenistan hosted the XXI Conference of Humanitarian Association of Turkmens of the World. Prior the work of the XXI Conference of the HATW, the participants laid the flowers to the Monument of Independence. After that, the opening ceremony of the forum was held in the conference hall of Mekan Palace. The members of the Government, the Mejlis deputies, representatives of Turkmen diasporas from foreign countries, representatives of political parties a...

On September 19, 2018 on the eve of Independence Day, an exhibition of economic achievements of Turkmenistan was opened in Ashgabat. Government officials, heads of the national parliament, sectoral ministries and departments, business circles of the country, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, ambassadors of Turkmenistan abroad, student youth, and media attended the solemn opening of the exhibition. The main leitmotif of the present exhibition is the innovative develop...

On September 29, 2018, it is expected that the President of Turkmenistan will pay a working visit to New York, USA to attend the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. In the course of visit, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will deliver a speech from the high rostrum of the session of the UN General Assembly.     Moreover, in accordance with the programme of the President of Turkmenistan, it is expected to hold the top-level meetings.

On September 19, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Japanese delegation headed by Hajime Taniguchi, director of Central Asia and Caucasus Division of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit. In the course of the meeting, the significance of training programs within JICA that helps to obtain practical knowledge based on Japanese experience for partner-countries was noted. The efficiency of JICA...

On  17-18 September, 2018, representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan participated in an OSCE-supported two-day regional seminar “Combating financing of terrorism: best practices within the OSCE region” which was held in Ashgabat. The seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat aimed to share international standards and best practices in the area of combating the financing of terrorism. The participants also discussed further strengthening of international a...

On September 4, 2018, the 9th annual meeting of the Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations (FCFA) of the countries participating in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program took place in Ashgabat. Delegations of sectoral ministries and specialized departments of the People’s Republic of China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of the Asian Development...

Ashgabat, 31 August 2018 – Round table on progress evaluation of National Action Plan on Combating Human Trafficking for 2016-2018 (NAP) was organized. The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, International Organization for Migration, US Embassy in Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Migration Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, relevant institutions, law-enforcement bodies and NGOs in Turkmenistan...