On December 21, 2022, at an extended meeting of the government of Turkmenistan, the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan G.Mammedova announced the adopted Resolution to classify the new, modern administrative center of the Ahal region as a city with the rights of  a district and give it the name "Arkadag". According to the document, the administrative center of the Ahal region will be moved to the city of Arkadag. At the same time, the area in 2 thousand 370 hectares o...

On December 21, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the General Executive Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Nobuhiko Sasaki. At the beginning of the meeting, the head of the Turkmen delegation emphasized the importance of the initiatives of the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, put forward during his visit to Japan in September 2022. Also, the Turkmen side propos...

On December 21, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the President of the company "Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd." Tatsuya Watanabe, during which the main areas of cooperation and ways to increase the effectiveness of interaction were discussed. The interest of the company in the further development of cooperation with Turkmenistan was noted. In this context, the parties noted with satisfaction the results of negotiations between the State Conc...

On December 21, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov met with the Executive Director of the Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) Atsuo Kuroda, which provides insurance coverage for financing joint economic projects implemented by the Japanese and Turkmen sides. During the meeting, the parties considered issues of partnership in the investment field and discussed new opportunities for cooperation, including the activities of NEXI to attract various financia...

On December 21, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the head of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Hayashi Nobumitsu in Tokyo. During the meeting, the parties noted the progressive dynamics of the development of Turkmen-Japanese relations across the entire spectrum of cooperation. An active and open dialogue between the leadership of the two countries was emphasized, which contributes to the further strengthening of interstate ties....

On December 6, 2022, the 45th plenary meeting of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly was held. During the meeting, the General Assembly considered the draft resolution "International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace, 2023", submitted by Turkmenistan under agenda item 14 "Culture of Peace". Presenting the draft resolution, the Turkmen delegation stressed that the President of Turkmenistan for the first time put forward the global initiative "Dialogue is a guarantee of peace" in...

On December 7, 2022, the meeting of the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the Chairman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova, who arrived in Ashgabat on a visit at the head of the parliamentary delegation of her country, took place at the Oguzkent hotel in the capital. Warmly welcoming the head of the Parliament of Azerbaijan and thanking her for accepting the invitation to visit Turkmenistan, Arkada...