On September 27, 2018 a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Dushanbe. The heads of the foreign ministries reviewed more than 15 draft documents aimed at further expanding humanitarian cooperation, improving and developing the legal framework of the Commonwealth. In a narrow format, the heads of delegations exchanged views on topical issues on the international agenda and interaction in the Commonwealth format, and also determine...

On September 27, 2018, Independence Day was celebrated with large and colorful celebrations in Turkmenistan. This festive sunny day was greeted with the main square of the Turkmen capital, which became the focus of the main mass celebrations. Today, thousands of Ashgabat citizens, hundreds of guests from all over the country and the world have gathered here. On the central podium were members of the government, deputies of the Mejlis, heads of the ministries, departments, major public organiz...

On September 25, 2018, the first session of the People’s Council chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held.The initiative of the President of Turkmenistan to organize the highest representative authority- thePeople’s Council was supported and adopted in October last year at the meeting of the Elders Councilwhich was held in Ahal velayat.  Elected members of the People’s Council, heads of the government authorities, political parties and public organizations, deputies of the Mejl...

On September 25, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Paul Russell, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (with residence in Ankara) of Vatican to Turkmenistan, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. In the course of the meeting, speaking about bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and city-state Vatican, the parties positively assessed the existing level of cooperation between the two countries. Having expressed satisfaction over pr...

On September 24, 2018, the briefing dedicated to Turkmenistan’s priority positions at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the embassies and international organizations, accredited in Turkmenistan, representatives of national and foreign media attended the briefing.  In the course of the briefing, the speakers informed participants of President’s program of the visit and our country’s prior...

From  September 29 to October 2, 2018, the Government delegation headed by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will pay a working visit to New York, United States of America to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly which will be held in the UN Headquarters.   It is expected that, the President will have high-level meetings in accordance with the program of the visit. Moreover, according to the instructions of the Head of State, Turkmen-American business co...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan expressed its misunderstanding to the Tajik side in connection with the statement of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Imomi Sodik Ashurboyzoda, that Dushanbe intends to "defer to better times" the idea of ​​building a railroad Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Tajikistan. Comments of the Turkmen side on the above-mentioned statement of the Tajik diplomat are officially comm...