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...

On December 29, 2015 a conference on "The Role of Transport and Transit Corridors: International Cooperation for the purpose of Sustainable Development" was organized at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.The conference was attended by deputies of the Mejlis, heads of corresponding ministries and departments, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions and representations of international organizations working in Turkmenistan, the off...

On December 23, 2015 in province Balkan held the ceremony of commissioning the main gas pipeline "East-West", which merged into a single gas transportation system of the largest fields in Turkmenistan. The ceremony of commissioning of the gas pipeline "East-West", linking in a single gas transportation system of the country's largest deposits was attended by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who arrived to Balkan province on a working visit. To participate in the ceremon...

UNESCO Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, at a meeting in Namibia has inscribed 15 new elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, among them - the application submitted by the Turkmen epic "Gorogly".A press release from the UNESCO Committee explained that "epic" Gorogly "- a tradition of oral stories describing the exploits of the legendary hero Gorogly and his forty horsemen. Keepers of the tradition in Turkmenistan are...