Turkmenistan continues to actively prepare for the Mejlis deputies’, the Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengeshy members’ elections, upcoming on March 25. Nowadays the registration and nomination of candidates are proceeding.  All electoral districts hold meetings of committees of the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Agrarian Party, as well as groups of citizens, in the course of which the worthiest candidates are nominated for the National Parliament, local repre...

On February 13, 2018, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the format of a round table devoted to acquaintance with the activities of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) for 2018. The round table was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNRCCA. The round table was attended by the heads of diplomatic missions of foreign countries and representatives of internati...

On February 8, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the head of the delegation of the European Union in Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara), Mr. Christian Berger, who arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the talks, an exchange of views took place on the successes achieved and prospects for further enhancing cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EU. The sides discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral mutually beneficial cooperat...

On February 5, 2018 Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Korea H.E. Myrat Mammetalyyev had a meeting with the President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group Turkmenistan - Korea, Executive Secretary of the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Mr. Park Daechul. The sides noted high level relations between the parliaments of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. During the meeting, the sides discussed a number o...

On February 5, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Turkmenistan Mr. Azar Abul Hasan Khan. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India presented copies of his credentials. Noting the high level of political and diplomatic interaction, the sides discussed the possibilities for further expansion of cooperatio...

On February 1, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on acquaintance with the main results of the social and economic development of Turkmenistan in 2017, with the results of the Foreign Ministry activities for the past year in the context of the implementation of the Foreign Policy Concept of Neutral Turkmenistan for 2017-2023, and also with the planned for 2018 events. The briefing was attended by representatives of Embassies and intern...

On January 23, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) headed by the President of the Federation Oleg Matytsin, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. The sides discussed the issues of expanding further bilateral cooperation in the field of student sports, and also spoke for the expediency of direct contacts between FISU and the relevant sports structures of Turkmenistan, in...