On April 26-27, 2018 in Ashgabat, a regular meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian states was held, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economics and the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Affairs under the President of Turkmenistan. Now in its fourth year, the meeting of experts from Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan was held to finalize a draft Agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the five Caspian Sea litto...

On April 26, 2018, a meeting has been held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) Mr. Ngo Duc Manh. During the talks, noting that one of the important priorities of Turkmenistan's foreign policy is the activation of a full-scale partnership with the countries of South-East Asia and the Pacific, the Turkmen side expressed its desire to develop bi...

On April 26, 2018 in Ashgabat, under the chairmanship of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the VIII session of the International Ahalteke Horse Breeding Association was held. The forum was attended by the members of the government, foreign and domestic members of the International Ahalteke Horse Breeding Association, employees of the horse breeding industry of the country, representatives of the media. The Presidential car stops at the square in front of the Oguzkent Hotel. In the lobby...

On April 26, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the political consultations had been held between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. The Swiss delegation was headed by Ambassador Nicolas Brühl, Assistant State Secretary for Europe, Central Asia and OSCE of FDFA of Switzerland. During the consultations, issues of bilateral relations in the field of political contacts, interparliamentary interaction...

Indicators of money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption and best practices for interagency co-operation were discussed at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded on 25 April 2018 in Ashgabat. The two-day event brought together some 35 officials representing the State Service of Turkmenistan on Countering Economic Crimes, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, financial institutions, law enforcement bodies and real estate and audit companies. International experts from Latvia and...

On April 23-24, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted the third meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral countries to discuss the draft Agreement on cooperation between the Caspian states in the field of transport in the Caspian Sea. Representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan took part in the meeting. During the meeting, a productive exchange of views and discussion of expert a...

On April 24, 2018 there was a Turkmen-Uzbek business forum in the hotel "International Hotel Tashkent", timed to the state visit of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Turkmen delegation included representatives of the ministries and branch departments, as well as heads and specialists of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan and many other private structures. Representatives of state structures - ministries of economy...