On December 27, 2019, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed condolences to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in connection with the accident of the passenger aircraft of the “Bek Air” airlines near the city of Almaty which brought to numerous victims and injuries.

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 20, 2019 a working visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov started to the Russian Federation. During the visit the President of Turkmenistan will participate in the informal meeting of the Heads of the CIS member states. As part of the Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in the CIS in the meeting that was held on October 11, 2019 in Ashgabat, an agreement was reached by holding an informal meeting.

On December 17, 2019, within the framework of the First Global Refugee Forum, a delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan had a meeting with the Director General of this organization Antonio Vitorino in the Central Building of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). During the meeting, the parties noted the positive practice of cooperation between Turkmenistan and IOM. It was especially noted that the issues of ensuring the rights of refugees...

On December 18, 2019, the presentation of the “Atlas of the Delimitation of Maritime Spaces” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by the representatives of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan, the Institute of the Caspi...

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...

A delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan takes part in the First Global Refugee Forum, which takes place on December 17 - 18, 2019 at the UN Geneva office. The forum is attended by the heads of several states, international organizations, experts, representatives of non-governmental organizations, as well as representatives of enterprises and companies. The UN Secretary General A. Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees F. Grande, Advisor to th...