On June 23, 2016 President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a working visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan to participate as guest of honor at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Half an hour later the President’s aircraft arrived in Tashkent Airport, where the distinguished guest was received by the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and other officials. From the airport the motorcade of President...

On June 24, 2016 President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who had arrived a day before on a working visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan, took part in the summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization. As is known, the Turkmen leader had been invited to the SCO summit as a special guest. The venue of the next meeting of the Council of Heads of SCO member states became the State Residence "Kuksaroy". Before the beginning of the SCO Summit in an expanded format, in the Hall of the pres...

Turkmenistan is chosen for the second time as the cultural capital of the Commonwealth and is able to attract the attention of the scientific and creative intelligentsia of the CIS to its ancient history and rich national culture, to demonstrate the latest achievements in the way of progressive development. In 2012, when Turkmenistan chaired the CIS, the city of Mary received the status of the cultural capital of the CIS, where various activities were organized with great success that contribute...

On February 29, 2016 in the National Tourist Zone "Avaza" Turkmenistan hosted five-sided meeting between rail and maritime agencies of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Georgia with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The issues of the development of multi-modal transport corridor "East-West", joint measures for increasing the transit traffic within the fra...

On February 2, 2016 a meeting with the delegation of the Republic of Austria, led by the second president of the National Council of the Republic of Austria Karlheinz Kopf held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the dialogue, the sides discussed prospects of establishing joint contacts in various fields of cooperation, particularly in the political, economic, energy, cultural and humanitarian area. During an interested exchange of views on the international agenda,...

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On January 15, 2016 negotiations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Afghanistan were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Afghan delegation was headed by the Minister of Finance of the country Mr. Eklil Ahmad Hakimi. The sides confirmed the mutual commitment of the two countries to the course of further intensification of the bilateral dialogue, discussed the situation in the region and the priorities for the development of the Turkmen-Afghan cooperation in various f...