On 21 and 22 October, 2019, the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, jointly with the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), organized a seminar on institutional and legislative measures to combat corruption in Ashgabat. The seminar was part of the OSCE’s Strengthening Adherence to Good Governance Principles project. The event brought together representatives of different ministries and state bodies, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Fin...

On October 22, 2019, the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel hosted the ceremony of conferring the academic title of Honorary Doctor of the University of Hirosaki to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who arrived on a working visit to Tokyo the day before. The ceremony was attended by the faculty and students of the University of Hirosaki, other Japanese universities, representatives of the Japan-Turkmenistan Association for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, members of the officia...

On October 21, 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov began a working visit to Japan. The presidential plane landed at Tokyo-Haneda International Airport. Here, the Turkmen leader was received by the officials and members of the government delegation of Turkmenistan. A motorcade of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proceeded from the airport to the Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel, where the residence of the Turkmen leader was located during his stay in Tokyo. Within the framewor...

On October 18, 2019, the opening ceremony of the VII Summer Military World Games was held in the city of Wuhan of the People’s Republic of China, where the sports delegation of the Armed forces of Turkmenistan participated for the first time. Military World Games are the biggest event in the world after the Olympic Games. More than ten thousand athletes and trainers as well as representatives of the technical staff from more than 100 countries of the world take part in current games, which wi...

The OSCE Centre organized a series of lectures on codes of conduct and ethical standards in law enforcement from 14 to 19 October 2019 in Ashgabat. The Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Border Institute of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan each hosted a programme of lectures. The series of three events brought together more than 250 students from five institutions of higher education. The s...

On October 17, 2019, in the city of Buenos Aires, political consultations were held between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Argentine Republic. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister V.S. Khadzhiev. The delegation of Argentina was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cult of the Argentine Republic Gustavo Rudolfo Zlauvinen. Having exchanged greetings, the parties noted the friendly character inherent in Turkmen-Argentine relations....

On October 17, 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE made a statement at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on the outcome of the Summit of Heads of States of CIS countries. In the statement, it was noted that during the Summit, the participants exchanged views on cooperation on the CIS space and highly appreciated the ongoing joint activities aimed at the achieving higher levels of multilateral collaboration. The delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE had informed the Co...