Regular session of authorised representatives of Caspian states organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and the State Department on Caspian Affairs under the President of Turkmenistan has finished its work in Turkmen capital. Leading experts of profile structures in this sphere from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian and Turkmenistan took part in the meeting. The agenda of 3-day session included the issues of coordination of the draft Protocol on Cooperation in c...

On October 26, 2018, the MFA of Turkmenistan and the US delegation headed by Ms. Emilia Puma – Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for South and Central Asia continued to hold Turkmenistan – US bilateral political consultations. The parties have discussed matters related to cooperation in economy, environmental protection, energy, water management and regional integration. Participants have pointed out energy, transport, communications, agriculture sector and export promotion (goods and...

On October 25–26, 2018, the 8th meeting of the joint Turkmen-Tajik Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held in the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. The Turkmen part of this commission was headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, and the Tajik part was headed by the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan. During the meeting, it was emphasized that within the framework of developing and stren...

On October 25, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Romania and Diplomatic Institute under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania jointly organized an event related to presentation of books «Turkmenistan is on the way to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals», «Turkmenistan – the Heart of the Great Silk Road» and «Medicinal plants of Turkmenistan» written by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The representatives of Diplomatic Institute, public organizations of Roma...

On October 25, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation from Romania headed by Ms. Maria Magdalena Grigore, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who arrived in Ashgabat to pay a working visit. During the talks, the sides discussed current situation in bilateral relations regarding trade and economy and prospects for further expanding them. Furthermore, the parties have given specific attention to transport sector. The parties have...

On October 25, 2018, the sixth council of Sub-committee on energy under Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee on economic cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The heads and representatives of the ministries, agencies and private sector delegates in the field of oil and gas of the two countries have attended the council. The Co-chairman of the Sub-committee from China was Mr. Li Fanzun, the head of National Energy Administration of the People's Republic of China. The heads of delegations...

On October 23-25, 2018, the 3rd meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian states is held in the capital of Turkmenistan to discuss the draft Protocol on cooperation in the fight against illegal extraction of biological resources (poaching) in the Caspian Sea. Delegations from the Russian Federation, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan take part in the meeting. At the previous meeting held in February 2017, the view w...