On 28th of February, 2019, in the capital’s hotel “Yildyz”, a three-day training seminar on the topic “Systems Thinking and Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into National Planning”, which was organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and UNDP in support of the preparation of the Voluntary National Report (VNR) of Turkmenistan, has completed its work. The seminar was attended by heads of International Organizations working in Turkmenistan, as...

On February 26-27, 2019, a delegation headed by William Thompson, head of the Eurasia division of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit. During the working visit, a meeting was held with the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, during which the parties discussed further expansion of effective bilateral cooperation in the trade and economic sphere, as well as the importance of increasing the export potential of...

On the 26th of February 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy participated in the work of the 18th regular meeting of the Joint Committee “Turkmenistan-European Union” in Brussels. During the session, the sides discussed wide range of issues on bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation in the sphere of trade and economy between Turkmenistan and the European Union. Particularly, issues such as macroeconomic situation in Turkmenistan, investments, tr...

On February 26, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the German «Deutsche Bank AG», headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Corporate Banking Investments of Middle and Southern Europe – Banking Business Services, Head of Regional Directors Iorg Bongartts, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the sides discussed a series of issues, related to bilateral cooperation. The parties noted the productive n...

On the 26th of February 2019, the telephone conversation between the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Republic took place. During the conversation, the Heads of states discussed perspectives of bilateral interaction in international political arena. In addition, issues of widening trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian cooperation between the two countries were considered. Particularly, the sides exchanged opinions on preparation for the Consultative meeting of the Heads of Cent...

On the 25th of February 2019, the fourth meeting of the authorized representatives of Caspian states on negotiating the Draft of the Protocol on cooperation in the area of combatting illegal extraction of biological resources (poaching) in the Caspian Sea started at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of relevant ministries and structural agencies of Turkmenistan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation...

On the 25th of February 2019, a meeting was held at the Turkmen State Institute of Economy and Management with the delegation of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies headed by Rector Nicolae Istudor who came to Turkmenistan on a working visit. During the meeting, the members of delegation got acquainted with the work of the Turkmen State Institute of Economy and Management on preparing specialists for national economy of Turkmenistan. Then the parties held talks, during which they par...