On October 22, 2019, the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel hosted the ceremony of conferring the academic title of Honorary Doctor of the University of Hirosaki to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who arrived on a working visit to Tokyo the day before. The ceremony was attended by the faculty and students of the University of Hirosaki, other Japanese universities, representatives of the Japan-Turkmenistan Association for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, members of the officia...

On October 22, 2019 in the afternoon, the head of Turkmenistan left the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel for the Emperor’s Palace of Japan. Here, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, along with other invited distinguished guests, took part in the solemn ceremony of Emperor Naruhito’s ascending the throne. Over 2 thousand guests from more than 180 countries arrived to participate in the celebrations in Tokyo. As a rule, heads of the legislative, executive and judicial authorities of Japan take part in th...

On October 22, 2019, the regular session of the Executive Council of the World Water Council was held in the city of Cairo of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Based on the resolution of the Council, the State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan was elected to the membership of the World Water Council.

On October 21, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Turkmenistan (with the residence in Tehran), Mr. Samir Veladziç, who arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties expressed their commitment to the development of mutually beneficial bilateral relations. Having discussed issues of further development of partnership between t...

On October 18, 2019, the opening ceremony of the VII Summer Military World Games was held in the city of Wuhan of the People’s Republic of China, where the sports delegation of the Armed forces of Turkmenistan participated for the first time. Military World Games are the biggest event in the world after the Olympic Games. More than ten thousand athletes and trainers as well as representatives of the technical staff from more than 100 countries of the world take part in current games, which wi...

On October 17, 2019, in the city of Buenos Aires, political consultations were held between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Argentine Republic. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister V.S. Khadzhiev. The delegation of Argentina was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cult of the Argentine Republic Gustavo Rudolfo Zlauvinen. Having exchanged greetings, the parties noted the friendly character inherent in Turkmen-Argentine relations....

On Oсtober 17, 2019, a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Najibullah Alikhil was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presented the copies of his credentials. Congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post, the Turkmen side expressed its readiness to provide all possible assistan...