On September 10, 2020, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Turkmenistan Vidhu Peethambaran Nair, who presented his credentials to the Head of state. Expressing deep gratitude for the time allotted for the audience, the diplomat conveyed the warm words of greetings to the Turkmen leader from the President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

On September 8, 2020, the second round of international negotiations of the Energy Charter Treaty Modernization Group started. The meeting of the participants, which takes place in the videoconference mode, will end on Friday, September 11 this year. Heads and representatives of a number of relevant ministries and departments of the country, including the State Concerns "Turkmennebit" and "Turkmengaz," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Adalat (Justice), Ministry of Finance and Economy,...

On September 2, 2020 the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized three-day online seminar under the title “Membership in the World Trade Organization as a balance of rights and obligations”. The event aims to present best practices of OSCE participating States in going through the WTO negotiation process and will facilitate discussions on possible steps for further expansion of the national trade policy. The seminar brought together representatives of a number of Turkmenistan’s ministries, inclu...

On September 2, 2020, a videoconference meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Acting Chairman of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ajmal Ahmadi. During the constructive meeting, the parties focused on the need to further strengthen and develop ties across all ranges of mutually beneficial Turkmen-Afghan cooperation. As is known, Turkmenistan invariably stands for the creation of the necessary socio-economic, in...

On August 25, 2020, an online meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Eslami. During the meeting, the Ministers noted with satisfaction the high level of active dialogue between Turkmenistan and Iran, as well as the adherence of the heads of states to further development of cooperation on various vectors.   The parties discussed a number of current issues...

On August 20, 2020 the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan with support from the Regional and Country Offices of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) hosted a web conference on child and adolescent health during the time of COVID-19. The conference was attended by healthcare professionals of Central Asian countries as well as of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Russian Federation and UK aimed at sharing experiences and discussing the...

On August 19, 2020, the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament has started in the city of Vienna of the Republic of Austria through videoconferencing. The given event which was organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union jointly with the Parliament of Austria and the United Nations is attended by more than two hundred parliamentarians of various countries of the world, including the Chairwoman of Mejlis of Turkmenistan G.Mammedova. The Conference is being held under the overarchin...