On the 8th of January 2020, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed condolences to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskiy in connection with the accident of the passenger aircraft of the “MAU” airlines near the city of Tehran which brought to numerous victims.

On the 7th of January 2020, International Exhibition of textile industry “Heimtextil 2020” has started in the city of Frankfurt am Main of the Federal Republic of Germany. The delegation composed of the representatives of the Ministry of Textile Industry, Chamber of Trade and Industry of Turkmenistan, as well as the private entrepreneurs of the country is taking part in the Exhibition. The given International Exhibition is organized annually in the “Messe Frankfurt” Exposition Centre locat...

On December 28, 2019, the briefing dedicated to the results of the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea during the period of 2017-2019, as well as the First Caspian Economic Forum held on August 11-12 of current year in the National tourist zone “Avaza” was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, Institute of the Casp...

On December 20, 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on a working visit to the Russian Federation to participate in an informal meeting of the heads of states of the CIS countries. At the Ashgabat International Airport, the head of state was escorted by officials. A few hours later, the presidential airliner landed at Pulkovo International Airport in St. Petersburg, where the President of Turkmenistan was met by officials and members of the Turkmen delegation. The...

On December 18-19, 2019, the Regional Conference "Innovative approaches and solutions in the system of sustainable water resources management and the possibility of their use in Central Asia" was held in Almaty. The conference brought together more than 150 specialists in the field of water resources management; representatives of five Central Asian countries, government bodies authorized for water resources management, scientists, specialists, representatives of international financial organ...

On December 18, 2019, multilateral consultations on the development of the United Nations Special Program for the Aral Sea Basin (UN SPAS) were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the consultations the participants discussed the issues of the current status and experience of cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea and noted documents, signed between two Organizations. The speakers underlined that the United Nations...

On December 17, 2019, in the town of Turgundi of the province of Herat of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, celebrations were held on the occasion of the transfer of powerful electric power equipment for the needs of the economy of a friendly country. In accordance with a document signed by the President of Turkmenistan in November of this year, a transformer of 220/110/10 kV with a capacity of 125 MW and auxiliary equipment are transferred to the Afghan side as humanitarian aid. This will...