On November 25, 2019, the 31st plenary meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (EAG) opened in Ashgabat. The EAG is designed to help reduce the threat of international terrorism by ensuring transparency, reliability and security of the financial systems of states. The Plenary meeting was attended by the delegations of EAG member states, namely, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of India, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic o...

On November 23, 2019, the 15th session of the Joint Turkmen-Uzbek Commission on Trade-economic, Scientific-technical and Cultural Cooperation was held in Ashkhabad in the hotel “Archabil”. The Turkmen part of the Commission was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan E. Orazgeldyev, and the Uzbek part was led by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. Ramatov. During the meeting, the implementation of agreements was discussed, as w...

On November 23, 2019, the official opening ceremony of the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in the United Arab Emirates was held in Dubai. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov, the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE, the chiefs and staff members of the diplomatic missions accredited in Dubai, as well as the representatives of the mass media participated to the event. While his address, the Consul-gener...

On November 23, 2019, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with the State Minister for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy was held in Dubai. During the meeting, the ministers discussed the development of Turkmen-Emirates ties including the trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian collaboration. The closeness of standpoints in regard to the international issues and mutual support of the initiatives in the multi...

On November 22, 2019, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Belarus were held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. The Turkmen delegation was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; the Belarusian delegation was headed by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus A. Evdochenko. During the meeting, the parties highly appreciated the frie...

On November 28-29, 2019, the working visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Uzbekistan will take place.   Within the framework of the visit, the bilateral meeting of the President of Turkmenistan with the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is planned to take place. The leaders of the two nations will consider the opportunities of expanding the Turkmen-Uzbek ties on the whole range of cooperation.

On November 21, 2019, in the framework of the working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to Washington, a meeting was held with the US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Keith Krach.  The parties discussed the key issues of bilateral cooperation in trade-economic and transport-transit spheres, including the opportunities of expanding the partnership in the field of oil and gas industry, digital technologies and the renewable sources...