An online training on border crossing facilitation for transit goods carried by rail and road, opened in Ashgabat on 27 May 2020. The training is organized by OSCE Centre in Ashgabat within the framework of the Centre’s extra-budgetary project on “Strengthening State Border Service Capacities in Turkmenistan”, which places a particular focus on promoting cross-border trade and transit in the Central Asian region. The purpose of the online training was to introduce participants to security, pu...

On May 27, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. Warmly, fraternally welcoming each other, the heads of the two states expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to personally exchange views on the state and prospects of the Turkmen-Afghan dialogue, as well as discuss some aspects of international and regional politics of mutual interest. Presidents G...

On May 27, 2020, an online-meeting of the head of Central Bank of Turkmenistan was held with the Chief Executive Officer for Corporate Banking Investments of Middle and Southern Europe – Banking Business Services, Head of Regional Directors of the German «Deutsche Bank AG» Iorg Bongartts. During the meeting, the sides discussed a series of issues, related to bilateral cooperation. The parties noted the productive nature of the interaction established between Turkmenistan and the largest Germa...

On May 27, 2020, in the building of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, within the framework of the preparation for "EXPO 2020", a video conference was held with the organizers of the international exhibition "EXPO 2020". From Turkmen side the Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan participated in the videoconference. During the online meeting, the parties noted the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Arab E...

On May 26, 2020, a working meeting on the preparation of a national report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child began its work in a video conference format in the UN building in Ashgabat. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the UNICEF expert online, members of the Working Group of the Interdepartmental Commission to ensure compliance with Turkmenistan's international obligations in the field of human rights and international...

On May 26, 2020, in the building of the UN Office in Ashgabat, a working meeting was held in the form of a video conference with experts from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe to familiarize with WHO recommendations for controlling the spread of a particularly dangerous infectious disease. Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan attended the online meeting from the Turkmen side. During the web discussions, detailed technical inf...

Today, on May 25, 2020, a meeting was held between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoglu. Negotiations took place in a video conference format. In development of the telephone conversation between the leaders of Turkmenistan and Turkey, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Reçep Taýyip Erdogan, held on May 24 this year, where instructions were given to the Foreign Ministries of the two countries to furthe...