On June 5, 2020, the fourth round of inter-MFA consultations between Turkmenistan and the French Republic took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in a video conference format. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister V.Hajiyev. The delegation of France was headed by the Director of the Department of Continental Europe of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, F. Mondoloni. At the beginning of the negotiations, the parties s...

On June 4, 2020, the online consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation were held. The Turkmen side was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev, while the Russian side was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation A.Rudenko. During the talks, the parties discussed a number of crucial issues in the framework of bilateral cooperation. Special accent was made on strengthening o...

On June 4, 2020, the online Conference timed to the World Oceans Day entitled “The Blue Economy and COVID-19 Pandemic: New challenges, recovery measures and resilience” took place.  The Turkmen side was represented at this event by the Director of the Institute of the Caspian Sea M.Atajanov.  The main organizer of the given Conference was the International Ocean Institute.  During the Conference, the participants were acquainted with the results of the research on the impacts of the new type...

On June 4, 2020, the online talks of the Co-chairs of the Turkmen-Tatar Working Group on Economic, Scientific-Technical and Cultural Cooperation were held through videoconferencing. The delegations were headed by the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation A. Karimov and the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan E.Annamuhammedov. During the meeting, the dynamics of regular meetings at different levels was noted th...

On June 4, 2020, negotiations were held in a video conference format between the Advisor to the President of Turkmenistan on oil and gas issues Y.Kakaev and Executive Vice President for the Central Asian region of the ENI oil company of the Italian Republic L.Vignati. At the meeting, the parties discussed the issues of the activities of the ENI Company in Turkmenistan, the results of the ongoing work and challenges related to “COVID-19”. Speaking about open and trusting cooperation with Turkm...

On June 3, 2020, in Ashgabat, on the occasion of World Cycle Day, the opening of the Bicycle monument and a mass bike ride took place with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The ceremony was attended by members of the government, heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, heads of the ministries and departments of the country, representatives of national and foreign media, as well as...

The Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Korea organized a bike ride in Seoul to mark World Bicycle Day. The event was attended by Embassy staff and members of their families as well as Turkmen students studying in the Republic of Korea and organized in Seoul’s Hanggang Banpo Park.  June 3 is World Bicycle Day. This holiday was proclaimed by the resolution of the UN General Assembly, adopted at the initiative of Turkmenistan in April 2018. Cosponsors of this resolution were 56 states.