On September 6, 2019 in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation, the delegation of Turkmenistan met with the representatives of international organizations and structures specializing in the development of international trade and economic cooperation between the countries. The meetings were organized as part of the continuation of work to enhance cooperation between Turkmenistan and the World Trade Organization. In this context he delegation of Turkmenistan had held negotiations with the representati...

Ashgabat, 4-5 September 2019, International Organization for Migration (IOM) – the UN Migration Agency, Mission to Turkmenistan and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has jointly organized a national workshop on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Turkmenistan. API is an electronic system through which biographical data from a traveler’s passport and flight details are collected by airlines and transmitted to the relevant national authorities a...

On September 5, 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the CIS Executive Committee, headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – Executive Secretary V.A.Guminskiy, who has arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit.   The parties noted the effectiveness of cooperation and advancement of events in the framework of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in the Commonwealth of Independent States in the present year.  The re...

During the consecutive session of the OSCE Permanent Council held on the 5th of September 2019, the Delegation of Turkmenistan at the OSCE made an official statement on the outcomes of the First Caspian Economic Forum that took place in Turkmenbashy city on August 11-12, 2019.     It was noted in the statement that President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Heads of the Governments of the Caspian states have participated to the work of the Forum.   Also, the Prime-ministers o...

On August 30, 2019, during the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the President of Turkmenistan signed a Decree ordering the opening of the Consulate-General of Turkmenistan in the United Arab Emirates (city of Dubai). In accordance with the Law of Turkmenistan “On consular offices of Turkmenistan abroad,” this Document will serve as further stimulus for the development of bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates, as well as contribute to the eff...

On August 29, 2019, the presentation of the UN Special Programme for the Aral Sea basin (UN SPAS) was held in the UN ESCAP headquarters during the Sixth Session of the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction in the framework of the side event “Environment and Disasters: Closing the gap in the Asia and the Pacific region.” The official representatives of the UN member-states delegations, experts of the UN structural agencies working in Bangkok, as well as the representatives of the public organiz...

A telephone conversation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov was held on the 29th of August, during which the issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed. The parties highly appraised the outcomes of the First Caspian Economic Forum which was held in Turkmenbashy city on August11-12 of the current year.  Also, the heads of external policy agencies of the two countries exchanged views on...