On November 26-27, 2018, the 13th meeting of the senior officials of the countries participating in the “Japan + Central Asia” dialogue was held in Tokyo. During the meeting, issues of mutually beneficial bilateral and regional cooperation between the countries of Central Asia and Japan were considered. In particular, an exchange of views took place on interaction in such areas as tourism, transport and logistics, agriculture and water management, trade and economics, regional cooperation and...

On November 26-27, 2018, the 3rd preparatory meeting of the international exhibition “EXPO 2020” took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A delegation of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan participated in the conference, as well as held bilateral meeting with the Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, General Commissioner of the “EXPO 2020” International Exhibition Rim Al Hashimi. During the meeting, the parties agre...

On November 28, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tashkent), Mr. Mikhail Popkovs, who arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials. At the beginning of the meeting, congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post, the Turkmen side noted the need to develop a fruitful dialogue with Latvia. Touching upon the iss...

On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States Parties to the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli) began its work in the Avaza National Tourist Zone in the city of Turkmenbashi. At the beginning of the conference, a congratulatory message from the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, addressed to the participants of the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States Parties to the Agreement...

On 26 November, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a farewell meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic in Turkmenistan Zhanysh Rustanbekov, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side congratulated Mr. Ambassador on the successful completion of his mission. The sides also exchanged views on current state of relations between two countries. There were discussed questions of further intens...

On November 26, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Turkmenistan Vladimir Meruzhanovich Badalyan, completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side congratulated Mr. Ambassador on the successful completion of the mission, after which the sides exchanged views on the current state of relations and discussed issues of enhancing cooperation between Turkme...

On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the countries participating in the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli Route Agreement) is planned to be held in the city of Turkmenbashi in “Avaza”national tourist zone. The Agreement on transit and transport cooperation was signed on November 15, 2017 by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Republic of Turkey. During the conferenc...