On October 15, 2019, the 15th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting of the Commission was headed by: from the Turkmen side, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov, from the Iranian side - Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran M. Eslami. At the beginning of the mee...

The first International Theater Festival “ABISH ALEMI” was held on October 11-14, 2019 in the Kazakh city of Aktau, which was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the outstanding Kazakh writer Abish Kekilbaev. Theater groups from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan took part in the festival. Turkmenistan was represented at the festival by the State Music and Drama Theater of Lebap Province named after Seyitnazar Seydi. The play “Dayakhatyn”, pre...

On October 12, 2019, in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the representatives of national and foreign media, as well as heads and representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, a briefing was held on the meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Council of Heads of States of the CIS held in Ashgabat on 10 and 11 October, 2019. Besides the Head of the external policy agency o...

The Summit of the Heads of States Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Ashgabat on October 11, 2019. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I.Aliyev, the Prime-minister of the Republic of Armenia N.Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus A.Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic S.Jeenbekov, the President of the Republic of Moldova I.Dodon, the President of the Russian Federation V.Putin,...

On October 10, 2019, the meeting of the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN office in Geneva with the newly appointed Director-General of the UN office at Geneva Ms. Tatiana Valovaya took place in the Palace of Nations of Geneva. Firstly, the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan conveyed the greetings and congratulations on behalf of the leadership of Turkmenistan on the occasion of her appointment to the important diplomatic mission.   During the conversation, the Direc...

On the 10th of October 2019, the delegation of the Republic of Belarus headed by the President A. Lukashenko arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the Session of the Heads of States’ Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States.   In the framework of the visit on October 11, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, during which the parties discussed the current issues of Turkmen-Belarus relat...

On October 11, 2019, the delegation of the Russian Federation headed by the President V.V. Putin arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the Session of the Heads of States Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Within the framework of the visit, the meeting of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held, in the course of which, heads of friendly countries discussed the current issues of bilateral strate...