From November 30 to December 8, 2019, Ashgabat hosted sports competitions in badminton, chess and futsal, dedicated to the International Day of Neutrality, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia. According to the results of the chess tournament held on November 30 at the Ashgabat Specialized Chess School, representatives of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan won 1st and 2nd places, an...

On December 7, 2019, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in conjunction with the expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan on the eve of which the results of the work done in the context of the implementation of the foreign policy strategy of independent neutral Turkmenistan were examined. The briefing was attended by heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of Turkmenistan abroad, workers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...

Today, on December 6, 2019, the draw of the teams that will participate in the 2020 Asian Futsal Championship took place at the Olimpia metropolitan hotel. The corresponding document on holding this regional event was signed by the President of Turkmenistan in October this year. According to the results of the draw, the teams of Oman, Tajikistan and Vietnam were in the same group as the Turkmenistan national futsal team.

On December 2, 2019, the 5th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting of Turkmenistan-EU was held in Brussels, in which a representative delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan took part. The chair of the European Parliament delegation, F. Martusciello, and the members of the Turkmen delegation attended the IPM working session. The parties considered the current state and prospects for the development of multilateral partnership of the parties in the framework of priority projects and strategies. The imp...

On December 4, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of Romania led by the Director General of the Office for Relations with Eastern Neighborhood Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Ms. Adriana Stanescu. At the beginning of the meeting, noting the successful consultations at the level of the heads of the structural divisions of the Foreign Ministries of the two countries on cooperation in the fields of transport an...

Today, on December 3, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Ms. Liliya Burunchuk, Regional Director for Central Asia of the World Bank, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During a constructive conversation, the parties, expressing gratitude for an active position in fulfilling common goals in various areas of bilateral cooperation, discussed pressing issues of multilateral cooperation. As is known, Turkmenistan presides over the Internati...

On December 3, 2019, in the conference hall of the International University of Humanities and Development, a ceremony was held to present the book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road,” published in Arabic. The event was attended by the leaders and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, representatives of scientific institutes, faculty and students of higher educational institutions of the country,...