On July 1, 2020, the fifth session of the online seminar on the accession of the countries to the World Trade Organization (WTO) entitled “Accession in Focus: Eurasia” was held. Turkmenistan was represented at this session by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev. The event was also attended by means of videoconferencing by the representatives of relevant departments and organizations of the public and private sectors, scientists from participating countries and WTO...

Turkmenistan is elected to the vice-chairmanship of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN informed about this on June 29, 2020.   It is pertinent to note that our country is being elected to the vice-chairmanship of the UN General Assembly session for the sixth time. Previously Turkmenistan was elected to the 58th, 62nd, 64th, 68th and 71st sessions in this status.  The successive assignment of this honorable mission serves...

On June 30, 2020, the successive meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Central Asian countries and USA in the “C5+1” format was held through videoconferencing.    The Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in the session. The participants considered the collaboration in political-diplomatic field, and discussed the key...

On June 30, 2020, the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan E.Annamuhammedov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Turkmenistan Hugh Stanley Philpott. During the constructive conversation, the parties discussed issues on further strengthening and expanding mutually beneficial, bilateral trade-economic cooperation between the two countries. They also emphasized the possibilities of developing partnersh...

On June 30, 2020, an online meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to Turkmenistan (with residence in Oslo) Ole Johan Bernoy and the Special Representative of the Norway for Afghanistan, Per Albert Ilsaas. During the meeting, diplomats noted the commitment of the two countries to the further development of Turkmen-Norwegian ties in the political, trade-economic, cul...

On June 30, 2020, a meeting was held with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. From the Turkmen side, representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Construction, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, as well as other relevant organizations attended the online meeting. The meeting participants noted the high level of trade and economic cooperation between Turkmenistan and Russia. C...

On June 30, 2020, the 86th meeting of the Economic Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in video conferencing format. At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was represented by the Deputy Minister of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, priority directions of the interstate trade and economic partnership were discussed, as well as issues of strengthening the regulatory framework of mutually beneficial partnership between the countries of the Commonwe...