On October 23, 2019, in the morning President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Japanese Parliament, Tadamori Oshima. Warmly welcoming the distinguished guest, Mr. Oshima noted that it was a great honor for him to meet with the head of Turkmenistan. At the same time, the high level of relations between the two states was emphasized, as well as the dynamic nature of the established inter-parliamentary relations. Thanking for the...

On October 23, 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE made a statement at the Practical Seminar on Sharing Good Practices on Statelessness among OSCE participating States. The event was organized by OSCE and UNHCR. In the statement, it was noted that on September 20, 2019, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Decree on the granting Turkmen citizenship to 863 people. On September 26, 2019, the solemn ceremony of giving the passports to the people who were granted Turkmen citizens...

On October 23, 2019, in the morning in Tokyo, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with the leaders of major Japanese companies. The meeting was held in the format of a working breakfast at the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel. The meeting was attended by the leaders of such well-known corporations as ITOCHU, Sojitz, Mitsubishi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, etc., as well as representatives of the Turkmen side represented by some members of the government, heads of some ministries and de...

On October 22-23, 2019, the third Silk Road Forum was held in Tbilisi, in which the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of “Turkmendemiryollary” Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan also participated. Tbilisi Silk Road Forum brought together more than 2,000 participants from 60 countries, including political leaders, experts and representatives of international organizations and business circles. The forum discussed a wide spectrum of issues re...

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 21 and 22 October, 2019, the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, jointly with the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), organized a seminar on institutional and legislative measures to combat corruption in Ashgabat. The seminar was part of the OSCE’s Strengthening Adherence to Good Governance Principles project. The event brought together representatives of different ministries and state bodies, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Fin...

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...