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 April 25, 2019, the rally-raid “Gold of Kagan - 2019”, the second stage of the Russian rally-raid championship, started in the Astrakhan region. At this international rally-raid, experienced motor racing drivers of Turkmenistan, who participated in the international “Amul-Khazar 2018” rally, represent the Turkmen rally-raid. “Gold of Kagan - 2019” is held for three days, in which riders from Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Finland and Ukraine take part. The total distance is over...

On February 25th 2019, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. Focusing on the high level of the traditional interstate dialogue based on the inviolable ties of friendship between the two fraternal peoples, the parties discussed the implementation of the reached bilateral agreements and the possibility of further diversification of mutually beneficial ties. The interlocuto...

On February 21, 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. The heads of the two countries discussed important international and regional issues, the role and the future of international initiatives of Turkmenistan in achieving peace in Afghanistan, as well as issues of bilateral development in the political-diplomatic, trade and economic sphere, in transport and communications, energy and...

On February 21, 2019, within the framework of his official visit,  the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. At the institute, the distinguished guest delivered a lecture to professors, teachers and students of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the International University for the Humanities and Deve...

On February 19, 2019, a media forum named “The role of sports for sustainable development” was held in the Olympic town of Ashgabat in the premises of “Sport” Hotel. Representatives of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan, National Institute of Sports and Tourism, National Olympic Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, foreign journalists accredited in Turkmenistan, the press attachés of diplomatic missions and international organizations working in our country, as well as...

From 14 to 17 February 2019, Turkmen crews of racers took part in the first stage of the world Cup on snow and ice races "Russia-Northern forest – 2019", which was held in the Russian Federation. Our compatriots Mukhammetmyrat and Shamyrat Gurbanovs won the second place, and third place was taken by Merdan and Shohrat Toylievs. 29 crews of teams from 15 countries participated in the international rally-raid competitions. Our racers competed with teams from Argentina, Russia, Finland, Czech...