Consul General of Turkmenistan in Kazan (the Russian Federation) Atadurdy Bayramov arrived to the Ulyanovsk region with a working visit to meet with Governor Sergei Morozov, as well as Rector of the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I.N. Ulyanov Igor Petrishchev. The aspects of enhancing cooperation with this region of the Russian Federation were considered during the meeting with the governor . In particular, the parties underlined the significant role of the subjects of the...

Consul of Turkmenistan in Astrakhan (the Russian Federation) Guich Garayev visited Astrakhan State Medical University (ASMU) and held a meeting with ASMU Rector Olga Bashkina. Currently, about 200 citizens of Turkmenistan are studying at the university. The parties discussed the prospects for cooperation in the field of personnel training and academic exchanges. Taking this opportunity, the rector addressed congratulations on the 30th anniversary of independence of our country celebrated this...

Representatives of the Mejlis took part in the five-day informational Seminar for Parliamentarians held in videoconference format by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on March 22-26. The main areas of the IPU work, the aspects of its participation in the work of the UN General Assembly within the framework of the UN observer status were considered during the forum. Particular attention was paid to the role of parliaments in ensuring human rights and freedoms, the implementation of internati...

An important social and political event - the first elections of members of the Halk Maslahaty Milli Gengesh will be held in Turkmenistan on Sunday, March 28. In general, 112 candidates to the members of the Halk Maslahaty Milli Gengesh have been registered in Turkmenistan. Thus, 2-3 people run for the Halk Maslahaty member per each mandate that testifies to the alternative nature of the elections. It should be noted that about 26 % of candidates are women, and this fact vividly demonstrat...

On the 25th of March 2021, a meeting via videoconferencing was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Chairman of the Japanese-Turkmen Committee on Economic Cooperation, Managing Executive Officer of “ITOCHU Corporation” Hiroyuki Tsubai.  The Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities of Turkmenistan Rahimberdi Jepbarov and the Corporate Officer of Japanese Company “SUMITOMO Corporation” Gota Iwanami also took part in the meeting. ...

On the 25th of March 2021, the eighth session of the High-level Group on Facilitating Trade and Investments in the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the format of a videoconference. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of K.A.Kurbanov, while the Russian side was led by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation D.V.Volvach. The parties discu...

On the 25th of March 2021, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan organized an online briefing entitled “The Peace Process of Afghanistan: Current State, Challenges and Solutions”. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, Head of the Afghan Government’s Peace Negotiation Team Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Khan Wali Khan Basharmal, as well as the representatives of t...