Regular session of the Council of the heads of the CIS countries will be held in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, on September 28. It is planned that Turkmenistan will chair the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2019. In this regard, the Concept of the chairing and realization plan as well as the drafts of other relevant documents have been developed.  Cooperation under the Commonwealth of Independent States is one of priority vectors of foreign course and, having undertaken the chair...

Ashgabat, 31 August, 2018 – the conference dedicated to upcoming «Amul-Khazar 2018» international rally was organized at the «Sport» hotel in Olympic village. Senior officials, staffs from ministries and agencies responsible for organizing «Amul-Khazar 2018» international rally, media representatives, NGOs teachers and students of institutions of higher education participated in this event.     On August 31, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan presented interna...

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...

The sixth China-Eurasia Expo – 2018 opened in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. The exposition is held under the motto: "Wide Discussion, Joint Development and Joint Participation in the project on revival of the trade Silk Road: opportunities and possibilities".  Speaking during the opening ceremony, Vice Premier of the State Council Hu Chunhua expressed satisfaction with the growth dynamics of the business co...

On October 30, 2018, the 23rd Session of Coordinating Committee on Hydrometeorology and Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea (CASPCOM) started its work in Ashgabat. The organizers of the event are the National Committee on Hydrometeorology under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.    The delegations from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Russian Federation, the UN Environment’s Europe Office representatives, the empl...

On August 30, 2018, bilateral poltical consultations between the representatives of foreign offices of Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates were held. The UAE delegation was headed by Ahmed Al Jerman, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE. When mutual interests in expanding cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UAE were expressed, the heads of delegations highlighted the present directions of existing cooperation for further develo...

Sportsmen from Turkmenistan took part in in judo and kurash wrestling competitions of XVIII Summer Asian Games continued in the capital of Indonesia. Gulbadam Babamuratova represented our country in women judo in the weight category up to 52 kg. She successfully took over the wrestler from Kyrgyzstan. Throughout the fight, our girl was more active than her opponent, always attacking and looking for the moment for final throw. After she managed to do the hold counted as ‘vazari’, it was just a...