On June 19, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Warmly welcoming each other, the leaders of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to exchange views on priority issues of traditionally friendly interstate relations, which are in the nature of strategic partnership, and relevant aspects of regional and international issues. During the conversation,...

On June 19, 2020, the online talks took place on joining by Turkmenistan the “Doing Business” project of the World Bank.   The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, a staff member of the World Bank Representative Office in Turkmenistan participated to the event.  The World Bank specialists joined the meeting through videoconferencing.  Stating the constructive nature of cooperation wit...

On June 17, 2020, a video conference was held with the Director General of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi. On the Turkmen side, the meeting was attended by heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs and the State Concern “Turkmengaz”. During the meeting, the current state and further development of bilateral cooperation in the economic, financial and oil and gas sector...

On June 16, 2020, an online consultative meeting of the National Coordinators of the Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia (CAREC) program of the Asian Development Bank was held. From the Turkmen side the meeting was attended by the heads of the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the participants were introduced to the implemented projects of the CAREC program in the field of economics, trade, energy, tourism, economic corridors, as well as the meas...

On June 15, 2020, the first session of the Coordination Committee of the EU-Central Asia Working Group on Environment and Climate Change (WGECC) of the WECOOP project took place in the online format. The executives of the units of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment, representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection of Italy, EU Delegation to Kazakhstan, as well as the senior specialists on the issues of nature protection and climate change of the...

On June 15, 2020, the Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Sierra Leоnе was signed in the building of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  On behalf of Turkmenistan, the Document was signed by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Islamic Republic of Iran A.Gurbanov.  The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leоnе to the Islamic Republic of Ira...

On June 12, 2020, a half-yearly review meeting of the Turkmen-American political consultations took place through videoconferencing.  The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia, Press and Public Diplomacy J.Henick participated to the meeting. In the framework of the review, the parties discussed the current state of affairs and future development of bilateral partnership between Turkmenistan and the USA in different...