On the 23rd of November 2020, a two-day 2020 Afghanistan Conference has started in Geneva in the online format under the chairmanship of the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Republic of Finland jointly with the United Nations.   The given Conference has united the high-ranking representatives of more than 100 countries and international organizations.  Turkmenistan is represented at the Conference by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreig...

On November 23, 2020, the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met via videoconferencing with the Chairman of the Interstate Television and Radio Company “Mir” R.Batyrshin. During the meeting, the parties considered the cooperation opportunities in the area of television and radio broadcasting, in particular the information exchange and collaboration in the area of mass media. It was stated that during his official statements, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has...

Last week, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Turkmenistan, Nighthart Höffer-Wissing, held an online lesson on the topic "Environmental diplomacy in the policy of neutrality of Turkmenistan." This lesson was attended by students and faculty of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazov and the International Oil and Gas University. Du...

Today, on November 22, 2020, the forth meeting of Coordinative Commission on Water Resources between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan took place in the premises of the State Committee for Water Resources via videoconferencing. The representatives of the external policy agency, the State Committee for Water Resources and State Border Service of Turkmenistan took part in the meeting from the Turkmen side. The Afghan delegation was headed by the Technical Deputy Minister o...

49 transactions are registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Jet fuel, gasoline, heavy fuel oil with law sulphur content produced at Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex have been sold for foreign currency to United Arab Emirates, Malta, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan. Gasoline produced at Seydi Refinery was a subject of transaction of entrepreneurs from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Businessmen from Russia, UAE and Turkey have also bought...

The State Committee for Water Management has hosted the fourth meeting of the Turkmen-Afghan Coordination Commission on Water Management, conducted online via videoconferencing. On instructions from the head of state Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan was represented by the State Committee for Water Management and the State Border Service. From the Afghan side, the meeting was chaired by Technical Deputy Minister of National Water Affairs Regulation Authority of the Islamic Republic of A...

On November 20, 2020 in the city of Kharkov in honor of the 25th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan and the proclamation of 2020 as the year of "Turkmenistan-Home of Neutrality", the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ukraine together with the National Technical University "Kharkov Polytechnic Institute" held a sports volleyball competition among the national teams of Turkmen students studying at the universities of the city of Kharkov. Representatives of higher educational insti...